1 Samuel 29:7-9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁷ Now go back quietly and you won’t be doing anything the Philistine leaders think is wrong.’

⁸ ‘But what have I done? ’^(A) David replied to Achish. ‘From the first day I entered your service until today, what have you found against your servant to keep me from going to fight against the enemies of my lord the king? ’

⁹ Achish answered David, ‘I’m convinced that you are as reliable as an angel of God.^(B) But the Philistine commanders have said, “He must not go into battle with us.”^(C)