²⁷ And ^(A)he has slandered your servant to my lord the king, ^(B)but my lord the king is like the angel of God. Therefore do what is good in your eyes.

²⁰ To bring about this change of affairs your servant Joab has done this thing; but my lord is wise, ^(A)according to the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that is in the earth.”

¹⁷ Your maidservant said, ‘The word of my lord the king will now be comforting; for ^(A)as the angel of God, so is my lord the king in ^(B)discerning good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’ ”

³ Then the king said, “And where is your ^(A)master’s son?”

^(B)And Ziba said to the king, “Indeed he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.’ ”

⁹ Then Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are as good in my sight ^(A)as an angel of God; nevertheless ^(B)the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’