1 Samuel 29:6-8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ So Achish summoned David and told him, ‘As the Lord lives, you are an honourable man. I think it is good^[a] to have you fighting^[b] in this unit with me, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until today.^(A) But the leaders don’t think you are reliable. ⁷ Now go back quietly and you won’t be doing anything the Philistine leaders think is wrong.’

⁸ ‘But what have I done? ’^(B) David replied to Achish. ‘From the first day I entered your service until today, what have you found against your servant to keep me from going to fight against the enemies of my lord the king? ’