1 Samuel 29:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ The Philistine commanders, however, were enraged with Achish and told him, ‘Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him.  He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the battle.  What better way could he ingratiate himself with his master than with the heads of our men?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And the Philistine princes were angry with Achish and they said to him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place where you have assigned him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could David reconcile himself to his master? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?

Common English Bible

⁴ But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish. “Send the man home!” they told Achish. “He can go back to the place you gave him, but he won’t go with us into battle. Couldn’t he turn against us in the middle of the fight? How better to please his former master than by taking the heads of our soldiers?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Then the leaders of the Philistines became angry against him, and they said to him: "Let this man return, and let him settle in his place, which you appointed for him. But let him not descend with us to battle, lest he become an adversary to us when we begin to fight. For in what other way will he be able to please his lord, except with our heads?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and they said to him: Let this man return, and abide in his place, which thou hast appointed him. And let him not go down with us to battle, lest he be an adversary to us when we shall begin to fight: for how can he otherwise appease his master, but with our heads?

1 Samuel 29:4 Tagairtí Cros

1 Chronicles 12:19

Some Manassites defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. However, they did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers sent David away after a discussion. They said, ‘It will be our heads if he defects to his master Saul.’

1 Chronicles 12:20

When David went to Ziklag, some men from Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.

Exodus 1:10

Come, let’s deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and when war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.’

Luke 16:8

‘The master praised the unrighteous manager   because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age   are more shrewd than the children of light   in dealing with their own people.

1 Samuel 14:21

There were Hebrews from the area who had gone earlier into the camp to join the Philistines, but even they joined the Israelites  who were with Saul and Jonathan.

1 Samuel 27:6

That day Achish gave Ziklag  to him, and it still belongs to the kings of Judah today.

1 Samuel 29:9

Achish answered David, ‘I’m convinced that you are as reliable as an angel of God.  But the Philistine commanders have said, “He must not go into battle with us.”

1 Samuel 30:1

David and his men  arrived in Ziklag  on the third day. The Amalekites  had raided the Negev and attacked and burned Ziklag.