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18 Because thou didst not obey the voice of Chapter 29
the Lord, neither didst thou execute the wrath
of his indignation upon Amalec. Therefore hath Now all the troops of the Philistines were gath-
the Lord done to thee what thou sufferest this ered together to Aphec: and Israel also en-
day. camped by the fountain, which is in Jezrahel.
2 And the lords of the Philistines marched
19 And the Lord also will deliver Israel with with their hundreds and their thousands: but
thee into the hands of the Philistines: and to David and his men were in the rear with Achis.
morrow thou and thy sons shall be with me: and 3 And the princes of the Philistines said to
the Lord will also deliver the army of Israel into Achis: What mean these Hebrews? And Achis
the hands of the Philistines. said to the princes of the Philistines: Do you
not know David who was the servant of Saul,
20 And forthwith Saul fell all along on the
the king of Israel, and hath been with me many
ground; for he was frightened with the words of days, or years, and I have found no fault in him,
Samuel, and there was no strength in him, for he
since the day that he fled over to me until this
had eaten no bread all that day.
day?
21 And the woman came to Saul, (for he was 4 But the prices of the Philistines were angry
very much troubled) and said to him: Behold with him, and they said to him: Let this man
thy handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have return, and abide in his place, which thou hast
put my life in my hand: and I hearkened unto appointed him, and let him not go down with us
the words which thou spokest to me. to battle, lest he be an adversary to us, when
we shall begin to fight: for how can he otherwise
22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou appease his master, but with our heads?
also to the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set 5 Is not this David, to whom they sung in
before thee a morsel of bread, that thou mayst their dances, saying: Saul slew his thousands,
eat and recover strength, and be able to go on and David his ten thousands?
thy journey. 6 Then Achis called David, and said to him:
As the Lord liveth, thou art upright and good
23 But he refused, and said: I will not eat.
in my sight: and so is thy going out, and thy
But his servants and the woman forced him, and
coming in with me in the army: and I have not
at length hearkening to their voice, he arose from
found any evil in thee, since the day that thou
the ground, and sat upon the bed.
camest to me unto this day: but thou pleasest
not the lords.
24 Now the woman had a fatted calf in the
7 Return therefore, and go in peace, and of-
house, and she made haste and killed it: and
fend not the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.
taking meal, kneaded it, and baked some un-
8 And David said to Achis: But what have I
leavened bread,
done, or what hast thou found in me thy servant,
25 And set it before Saul, and before his ser- from the day that I have been in thy sight until
vants. And when they had eaten they rose up, this day, that I may not go and fight against the
and walked all that night. enemies of my lord the king?