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I Samuel Chapter 29

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I Samuel

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In this chapter David and his son Jonathan discuss the marriage of Absalom to the king of Aram, Absoloth, which will bring peace to the land. They warn that the marriage will cause trouble and that Absalom will be a danger to the nation. The passage teaches that favoritism and neglect of duty can lead to serious consequences.

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(1) Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
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I Samuel 28:1I Samuel 28:2I Samuel 4:1Joshua 19:30I Kings 20:30I Samuel 28:4Joshua 19:18Judges 6:33I Kings 18:45I Kings 18:46I Kings 21:1I Kings 21:23

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I Samuel 17:1I Samuel 28:4I Samuel 4:1I Samuel 7:7Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32

(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.
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I Samuel 29:6I Samuel 29:7I Samuel 5:8I Samuel 5:9I Samuel 5:10I Samuel 5:11I Samuel 6:4Joshua 13:3I Samuel 28:1I Samuel 28:2

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I Samuel 9:4Judges 11:29II Samuel 15:23Deuteronomy 2:8Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:11

(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?
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I Samuel 27:7I Samuel 25:28Daniel 6:5John 19:6Romans 12:17I Peter 3:16

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I Samuel 29:4Psalms 68:27I Samuel 7:7I Samuel 17:52I Samuel 31:1I Chronicles 10:1

(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?
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I Samuel 14:21I Chronicles 12:19Luke 16:8

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I Chronicles 12:19I Samuel 29:3I Samuel 29:9Psalms 68:27I Samuel 4:1I Samuel 4:2

(5) Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
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I Samuel 18:6I Samuel 18:7I Samuel 21:11Proverbs 27:14

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I Samuel 21:11Revelation 5:11Deuteronomy 33:17I Samuel 18:7I Samuel 18:8Psalms 144:13

(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.
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I Samuel 20:3I Samuel 28:10Deuteronomy 10:20Isaiah 65:16Jeremiah 12:16Matthew 5:16I Peter 2:12I Peter 3:16Numbers 27:17II Samuel 3:25II Kings 19:27Psalms 121:8

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I Samuel 25:26I Samuel 28:2II Samuel 15:21Jeremiah 44:25II Samuel 3:25II Kings 19:27

(7) Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
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Numbers 22:34

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I Samuel 6:4Song of Solomon 6:13Judges 16:18I Samuel 7:7I Samuel 29:4I Samuel 29:11

(8) And David 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 lord the king?
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I Samuel 12:3I Samuel 17:29I Samuel 20:8I Samuel 26:18I Samuel 28:2II Samuel 16:18II Samuel 16:19Psalms 34:13Psalms 34:14Matthew 6:13

(9) And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
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II Samuel 14:17II Samuel 14:20II Samuel 19:27Galatians 4:14

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I Samuel 29:4I Samuel 29:3Psalms 68:27I Samuel 4:1I Samuel 4:2I Samuel 7:10

(10) Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
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I Samuel 30:1I Samuel 30:2Genesis 22:14Psalms 37:23Psalms 37:24I Corinthians 10:13II Peter 2:9

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(11) So David 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 Jezreel.
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I Samuel 29:1Joshua 19:18II Samuel 4:4

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