1 Samuel 29:8 References
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David said to Achish, "aBut what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?"
a 1 Samuel 27:10-12
1 Samuel 27
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Now Achish said, "Where have you amade a raid today?" And David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of bthe Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of cthe Kenites."
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David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'So has David done and so has been his practice all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'"
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So Achish believed David, saying, "He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever."