²⁰ And Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning him, and they set him on the way with his wife and all that he had.^(A)

⁶ Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the Lord lives, you have been honest, and to me it seems right that you should march out and in with me in the campaign, for I have found nothing wrong in you from the day of your coming to me until today. Nevertheless, the lords do not approve of you.^{(A) 7} So go back now, and go peaceably; do nothing to displease the lords of the Philistines.” ⁸ David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day I entered your service until now, that I should not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?” ⁹ Achish replied to David, “I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless, the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’^{(B) 10} Now then, rise early in the morning, you and the servants of your lord who came with you, and go to the place that I appointed for you. As for the evil report, do not take it to heart, for you have done well before me.^[a] Start early in the morning, and leave as soon as you have light.”^{(C) 11} So David set out with his men early in the morning, to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

²⁷ Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went off to his own country.^(A)