1 Samuel 29:6-7

Context

29:6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you¹ serving² with me in the army.³ I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion⁴ of the leaders, you are not reliable.⁵ 29:7 So turn and leave⁶ in peace. You must not do anything that the leaders of the Philistines consider improper!”⁷

[29:6] ¹tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.

[29:6] ²tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.

[29:6] ³tn Heb “camp.”

[29:6] ⁴tn Heb “eyes.”

[29:6] ⁵tn Heb “good.”

[29:7] ⁶tn Heb “go.”

[29:7] ⁷tn Heb “and you must not do evil in the eyes of the leaders of the Philistines.”