7. So return now and go peaceably, so as not to displease the Philistine lords.
8. David said to Achish, But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant as long as I have been with you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
9. And Achish said to David, I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
10. So now rise up early in the morning, with your master's servants who have come with you, and as soon as you are up and have light, depart.
11. So David and his men rose up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel [to fight against Israel].