1Then all the troops of the Philistines were gathered together at Aphek. But Israel also made camp, above the spring which is in Jezreel.stylus1 Samuel 4:1, 1 Samuel 4:1, Joshua 19:30, 1 Kings 21:1, 1 Kings 20:302And indeed, the princes of the Philistines advanced by hundreds and by thousands; but David and his men were in the rear with Achish.stylus1 Samuel 28:1, 1 Samuel 28:2, 1 Samuel 28:1, 1 Samuel 28:2, 1 Samuel 29:63And the leaders of the Philistines said to Achish, “What do these Hebrews intend to do?” And Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines: “Could you be ignorant about David, who was the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, and who has been with me for many days, even years, and I have not found within him anything, from the day that he fled to me, even to this day?”stylusDaniel 6:5, 1 Samuel 27:7, Daniel 6:5, 1 Samuel 27:7, 1 Peter 3:164Then the leaders of the Philistines became angry against him, and they said to him: “Let this man return, and let him settle in his place, which you appointed for him. But let him not descend with us to battle, lest he become an adversary to us when we begin to fight. For in what other way will he be able to please his lord, except with our heads?stylus1 Samuel 14:21, 1 Samuel 14:21, 1 Chronicles 12:19, 1 Chronicles 12:19, 1 Samuel 27:65Is not this the David, about whom they were singing, while dancing, saying: ‘Saul struck down his thousands, but David his ten thousands?’ ”stylus1 Samuel 21:11, 1 Samuel 21:11, 1 Samuel 18:6, 1 Samuel 18:7, 1 Samuel 18:66Therefore, Achish called David, and he said to him: “As the Lord lives, you are good and righteous in my sight, even in your departure and your return with me in the military camp. And I have not found anything evil in you, from the day that you came to me, even to this day. But you are not pleasing to the princes.stylus2 Kings 19:27, 2 Samuel 3:25, 2 Kings 19:27, 2 Samuel 3:25, Psalms 121:87Therefore, return, and go in peace, so that you do not offend the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.”stylusNumbers 22:34, Numbers 22:348And David said to Achish, “But what have I done, or what have you found in me, your servant, from the day that I was in your sight to this day, so that I may not go out and fight against the enemies of my lord, the king?”stylusMatthew 6:13, Matthew 6:13, 1 Samuel 17:29, 1 Samuel 28:2, 1 Samuel 12:39And in response, Achish said to David: “I know that you are good in my sight, like an angel of God. But the leaders of the Philistines have said: ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’stylus2 Samuel 19:27, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 14:20, 2 Samuel 19:27, 2 Samuel 14:1710And so, rise up in the morning, you and the servants of your lord who came with you. And when you have risen up in the night, as it begins to be light, go forth.”stylus1 Chronicles 12:19, 1 Chronicles 12:19, 1 Samuel 30:1, 1 Samuel 30:2, 2 Peter 2:911And so David rose up in the night, he and his men, so that they might set out in the morning. And they returned to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines ascended to Jezreel.stylus1 Samuel 29:1, Joshua 19:18, 2 Samuel 4:4, 1 Samuel 29:1, Joshua 19:18