Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said to him, "Send that fellow back to the town you gave him. Don't let him go into battle with us; he might turn against us during the fighting. What better way is there for him to win back his master's favor than by the death of our men? New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But the prices of the Philistines were angry with him, and they said to him: Let this man return, and abide in his place, which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest he be an adversary to us, when we shall begin to fight: for how can he otherwise appease his master, but with our heads? Make this fellow. 1 Samuel 14:21 Moreover, the Hebrews that had been with the Philistines yesterday and the day before, and went up with them into the camp, returned to be with the Israelites, who were with Saul and Jonathan. 1 Chronicles 12:19 And there were some of Manasses that went over to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to fight: but he did not fight with them: because the lords of the Philistines taking counsel sent him back, saying: With the danger of our heads he will return to his master Saul. Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light. Context The Philistines Reject David…3And the princes of the Philistines said to Achis: What mean these Hebrews? And Achis said to the princes of the Philistines: Do you not know David who was the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, and hath been with me many days, or years, and I have found no fault in him, since the day that he fled over to me until this day? 4But the prices of the Philistines were angry with him, and they said to him: Let this man return, and abide in his place, which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest he be an adversary to us, when we shall begin to fight: for how can he otherwise appease his master, but with our heads?5Is not this David, to whom they sung in their dances, saying: Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?… Cross References 1 Samuel 14:21 Moreover, the Hebrews that had been with the Philistines yesterday and the day before, and went up with them into the camp, returned to be with the Israelites, who were with Saul and Jonathan. 1 Samuel 27:6 Then Achis gave him Siceleg that day: for which reason Siceleg belongeth to the kings of Juda unto this day. 1 Samuel 29:9 And Achis answering, said to David: I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: But the princes of the Philistines have said: He shall not go up with us to the battle. 1 Samuel 30:1 Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg on the third day, the Amalecites had made an invasion on the south side upon Siceleg, and had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire, Jump to Previous Adversary Angry Appointed Battle Heads Master Philistines Princes Reconcile Wherewith WrothJump to Next Adversary Angry Appointed Battle Heads Master Philistines Princes Reconcile Wherewith WrothLinks 1 Samuel 29:4 NIV1 Samuel 29:4 NLT 1 Samuel 29:4 ESV 1 Samuel 29:4 NASB 1 Samuel 29:4 Bible Apps 1 Samuel 29:4 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 29:4 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 29:4 French Bible 1 Samuel 29:4 German Bible Alphabetical: acceptable adversary against an and angry assigned back battle be become better But by commanders could do down during favor fighting For go have he heads him himself his How in into it let lord Make man master's may men must not of or our own Philistine Philistines place regain return said Send taking than that the these this to OT History: 1 Samuel 29:4 But the princes of the Philistines were (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |