1 Samuel 29 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ Then Achis called David, and said to him: As the Lord liveth, thou art upright and good in my sight: and so is thy going out, and thy coming in with me in the army: and I have not found my evil in thee, since the day that thou camest to me unto this day: but thou pleasest not the lords.

² Return therefore, and go in peace, and offend not the eyes of the princes of the Philistines.

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?

⁴ And Achis answering said to David: I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: but the princes of the Philistines have said: He shall not go up with us to the battle.

⁵ 0 Therefore arise in the morning, thou, and the servants of thy lord, who came with thee: and when you are up before day, and it shall begin to be light, go on your way.

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.

⁷ Now when David and his men were come to Siceleg on the third day, the Amalecites had made an invasion on the south side upon Siceleg, and had smitten Siceleg, and burnt it with fire.

⁸ And had taken the women captives that were in it, both little and great: and they had not killed any person, but had carried them with them, and went on their way.

⁹ So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt with fire, and that their wives and their sons, and their daughters were taken captives,

¹⁰ David and the people that were with him, lifted up their voices, and wept till they had no more tears.

¹¹ For the two wives also of David were taken captives, Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel.