1 Samuel 29:11 — Meaning and Application

1 Samuel 29:1

"Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which {is} in Jezreel."

1 Samuel 29:2

"And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish."

1 Samuel 29:3

"Then said the princes of the Philistines, What {do} these Hebrews {here}? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, {Is} not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell {unto me} unto this day?"

1 Samuel 29:4

"And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? {should it} not {be} with the heads of these men?"

1 Samuel 29:5

"{Is} not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?"

1 Samuel 29:6

"Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, {as} the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host {is} good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. {the lords...: Heb. thou art not good in the eyes of the lords}"