1 Samuel 29:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ And David said to Achis: But what have I done, and what hast thou found in me thy servant, from the day that I have been in thy sight until this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ The Philistine princes said, What are these Hebrews doing here? Achish said to the Philistine princes, Is not this David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days and years, and I have found no fault in him since he deserted to me to this day?

American Standard Version (1901)

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, who hath been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away unto me unto this day?

Common English Bible

³ “Who are these Hebrews?” the Philistine commanders asked. “That’s David,” Achish told them, “the servant of Israel’s King Saul. He’s been with me a year or so now. I haven’t found anything wrong with him from the day he defected until now.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And the leaders of the Philistines said to Achish, "What do these Hebrews intend to do?" And Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines: "Could you be ignorant about David, who was the servant of Saul, the king of Israel, and who has been with me for many days, even years, and I have not found within him anything, from the day that he fled to me, even to this day?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And the princes of the Philistines said to Achis: What mean these Hebrews? And Achis said to the princes of the Philistines: Do you not know David, who was the servant of Saul the king of Israel, and hath been with me many days, or years; and I have found no fault in him, since the day that he fled over to me until this day?

1 Samuel 29:3 Cross References

Genesis 14:13

3 And behold one that had escaped told Abram the Hebrew, who dwelt in the vale of Mambre the Amorrhite, the brother of Escol, and the brother of Aner: for these had made league with Abram.

1 Chronicles 12:19

4 The sons of Juda bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred well appointed to war.

1 Chronicles 12:20

5 Of the sons of Simeon valiant men for war, seven thousand one hundred.

Daniel 6:5

3 Then they answered, and said before the king: Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Juda, hath not regarded thy law, nor the decree that thou hast made: but three times a day he maketh his prayer.

John 19:6

4 And it was the parasceve of the pasch, about the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews: Behold your king.

Romans 12:17

Wherefore be subject of necessity, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake.

1 Peter 3:16

For the time past is sufficient to have fulfilled the will of the Gentiles, for them who have walked in riotousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and unlawful worshipping of idols.

1 Samuel 14:11

6 And the watchmen of Saul, who were in Gabaa of Benjamin looked, and behold a multitude overthrown, and fleeing this way and that.

1 Samuel 25:28

3 And blessed be thou, who hast kept me to day, from coming to blood, and revenging me with my own hand.

1 Samuel 27:1

Then Achis gave him Siceleg that day: for which reason Siceleg belongeth to the kings of Juda unto this day.

1 Samuel 27:7

2 And Achis believed David, saying: He hath done much harm to his people Israel: therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

1 Samuel 29:6

1 So David and his men arose in the night, that they might set forward in the morning, and returned to the land of the Philistines: and the Philistines went up to Jezrahel.

1 Samuel 4:6

1 And the ark of God was taken: and the two sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, were slain.