1 Samuel 29:4-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴ But the officers of the Philistines were angry with him, and the officers of the Philistines said, “Make this man return to the place that you have assigned to him. He must not go down to battle with us, or else he might become an adversary against us during the battle. What better way for this man to reconcile himself to his master than with the heads of these men of ours? ⁵ Isn’t this David, about whom they sang to one another as they danced, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?’”

⁶ Then Achish called David and said to him, “As the Lord lives, you have been straightforward with me. As far as I am concerned,^[a] it would be good to have you accompany me^[b] on this campaign, because I have not found anything wrong with you from the day you came to me right up to this day. Nevertheless, in the opinion of the serens you are a liability.