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First Book of Samuel, Chapter 29

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1 Samuel 29 NWT - New World Translation1 Samuel 29 NWT - New World Translation

Chapter 29 of 1 Samuel—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And the Phi·lisʹtines1 proceeded to collect all their camps together at Aʹphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring that was in Jezʹre·el.2
  2. And the axis lords3 of the Phi·lisʹtines were passing along by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing along afterward with Aʹchish.4
  3. And the princes of the Phi·lisʹtines began to say: “What do these Hebrews5 mean?” At this Aʹchish said to the princes of the Phi·lisʹtines: “Is this not David the servant of Saul king of Israel, who happened to be with me here a year or two,[a]6 and I have not found7 in him a single thing from the day of his deserting [to me] until this day?”
  4. And the princes of the Phi·lisʹtines became indignant at him; and the princes of the Phi·lisʹtines went on to say to him: “Make the man go back,8 and let him go back to his place where you assigned him; and do not let him go down with us into the battle, that he may not become a resister[b]9 of us in the battle. And with what should this person put himself in favor with his lord?[c] Is it not with the heads of those [our] men?
  5. Is this not David to whom they kept responding in the dances, saying, ‘Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”10
  6. ¶ Consequently Aʹchish11 called David and said to him: “As Jehovah is living,12 you are upright, and your going out and your coming in13 with me in the camp has been good in my eyes;14 for I have not found badness in you from the day of your coming to me until this day.15 But in the eyes of the axis lords16 you are not good.
  7. And now return and go in peace, that you may not do anything bad in the eyes of the axis lords of the Phi·lisʹtines.”
  8. However, David said to Aʹchish: “Why, what have I done,17 and what have you found in your servant from the day that I came to be before you until this day,18 that I should not come and actually fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
  9. At this Aʹchish answered and said to David: “I well know that you have been good in my own eyes, like an angel of God.19 Only it is the princes of the Phi·lisʹtines that have said, ‘Let him not go up with us into the battle.’
  10. And now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord that came with you; and YOU men must rise up early in the morning when it has become light for YOU. Then go.”20
  11. ¶ Accordingly David rose up early, he and his men, to go in the morning21 and return to the land of the Phi·lisʹtines; and the Phi·lisʹtines themselves went up to Jezʹre·el.22

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Days, this second year,” LXX; M, “these days or these years”; Vg, “many days or years.”
  2. ^ “A resister.” Heb., lesa·tanʹ; Lat., ad·ver·saʹri·us.
  3. ^ “His lord.” Heb., ʼadho·navʹ. See 20:38 ftn.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Sa 28:1
  2. ^ Jos 19:18; 1Sa 29:11; 2Sa 4:4
  3. ^ Jos 13:3; Jg 3:3; 1Sa 5:8
  4. ^ 1Sa 28:2
  5. ^ 1Sa 13:19; 2Co 11:22
  6. ^ 1Sa 27:7
  7. ^ 1Sa 27:12; Pr 14:15
  8. ^ 1Ch 12:19
  9. ^ 1Sa 14:21
  10. ^ 1Sa 18:7; 21:11
  11. ^ 1Sa 21:10; 27:2
  12. ^ 1Sa 20:21; Je 12:16
  13. ^ Nu 27:17; Ps 121:8
  14. ^ 1Sa 28:2
  15. ^ 1Sa 27:11, 12; 29:3; Mt 10:16
  16. ^ 1Sa 29:2
  17. ^ 1Sa 27:11
  18. ^ 1Sa 28:2
  19. ^ 1Sa 27:12; 2Sa 14:17, 20; 19:27; Pr 14:35; Ga 4:14
  20. ^ Ps 37:23; Pr 16:9; 21:1; Je 10:23; 2Pe 2:9
  21. ^ Ps 91:11; 119:133
  22. ^ Jos 19:18; 1Sa 29:1; 2Sa 4:4

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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