1st Samuel Chapter 29 verse 3 Holy Bible
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?
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Then the rulers of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews doing here? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me for a year or two, and I have never seen any wrong in him from the time when he came to me till now?
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And the princes of the Philistines said, What are these Hebrews? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found nothing in him since the day of his falling away [to me] to this day?
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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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Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said to 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 these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell to me to this day?
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Then said the princes of the Philistines, What [do] these Hebrews [here]? Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Isn't this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or [rather] these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away [to me] to this day?
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And the heads of the Philistines say, `What `are' these Hebrews?' and Achish saith unto the heads of the Philistines, `Is not this David servant of Saul king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have not found in him anything `wrong' from the day of his falling away till this day.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) These days, or these years.--An indefinite expression of time. The versions have translated it in various ways. The English Version here is literal. The Syrlac singularly renders, "this time, and time, and months." The LXX. is not very easy to understand here, but it apparently took the expression as signifying "two years." Maurer would translate, "who has been with me alway, for days, or rather for years."Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe commandersשָׂרֵ֣י (śā·rê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, princeof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (p̄ə·liš·tîm)Noun - proper - masculine pluralStrong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistiaasked,וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (way·yō·mə·rū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 559: To utter, say“What [about]מָ֖ה (māh)InterrogativeStrong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely whattheseהָאֵ֑לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)Article | Pronoun - common pluralStrong's 428: These, thoseHebrews?”הָעִבְרִ֣ים (hā·‘iḇ·rîm)Article | Noun - proper - masculine pluralStrong's 5680: Hebrews -- perhaps descendant of Eber, also another name for an IsraeliteAchishאָכִ֜ישׁ (’ā·ḵîš)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 397: Achish -- king of Gathreplied,וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, say“Is thisזֶ֨ה (zeh)Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 2088: This, thatnotהֲלֽוֹא־ (hă·lō·w-)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, noDavid,דָוִ֜ד (ḏā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jessethe servantעֶ֣בֶד ׀ (‘e·ḇeḏ)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 5650: Slave, servantof Kingמֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 4428: A kingSaulשָׁא֣וּל (šā·’ūl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelitesof Israel?יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his descHeאֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)Pronoun - relativeStrong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order thathas beenהָיָ֤ה (hā·yāh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, bewith meאִתִּי֙ (’it·tî)Preposition | first person common singularStrong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, amongall theseזֶ֤ה (zeh)Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 2088: This, thatdays,יָמִים֙ (yā·mîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 3117: A dayevenאוֹ־ (’ōw-)ConjunctionStrong's 176: Desire, ifyears,שָׁנִ֔ים (šā·nîm)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 8141: A yearand fromוְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, nothe dayמִיּ֥וֹם (mî·yō·wm)Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3117: A dayhe defectedנָפְל֖וֹ (nā·p̄ə·lōw)Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 5307: To fall, lieuntil todayעַד־ (‘aḏ-)PrepositionStrong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, whileI have foundמָצָ֤אתִי (mā·ṣā·ṯî)Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularStrong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be presentno faultמְא֔וּמָה (mə·’ū·māh)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3972: A speck, point, nothingin him.”בוֹ֙ (ḇōw)Preposition | third person masculine singularStrong's 0: 0Jump to PreviousAchish Commanders David Hebrews Israel Philistines Princes Rather Saul Servant
