1 Shamu'al 29

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Yashar'alites pitched by a fountain which is in Yizreel.

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

Then said the princes of the Philistines, "What do these Hebrews here?" And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, "Is not this Dawid, the servant of Shaul the king of Yashar'al, 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?"

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 adun? should it not be with the heads of these men?"

"Is not this Dawid, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Shaul slew his thousands, and Dawid his ten thousands?"

Then Achish called Dawid, and said unto him, "Surely, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 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 favor thee not."

"Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines."

And Dawid said unto Achish, "But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my adun the king?"

And Achish answered and said to Dawid, "I know that thou art good in my sight, as a Malakh of Alahiym: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle."

"Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy adun's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart."

So Dawid and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Yizreel.