1 Samuel 29:2 Cross References - Thomson

² Now when the lords of the Philistines were on their march, at the head of their hundreds and thousands, and David and his men were marching in the rear with Angchus,

³ and the Chananites. The land from the desart which is before Egypt, to the borders of Akkaron, on the left of the Chananites, is set out to the five Satrapies of the Philistines, the Gazites and the Azotians, and the Askalonites, and the Getthites, and the Akkaronites, comprehending the Evaites.

⁸ So they sent, and convened to them the lords of the Philistines, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? Whereupon the Gethites said, Let the ark of the God come to us. So the ark of the God of Israel went to Geth. ⁹ And when it went there, the hand of the Lord was upon that city, with very great destruction, and smote the men of that city, both small and great. He smote them in their hinder parts, and the Gethites made stools for themselves. ¹⁰ Then they sent the ark of God to Ascalon. But when the ark of God came to Ascalon, the Ascalonites cried out saying, Why have you brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people? ¹¹ So they sent and assembled the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it abide in its own place, and not kill us and our people.

⁴ And they said, What atonement shall we make to it? To which they replied,

¹ Now in those days when the Philistines were assembling in their camps to go out to war with Israel, Angchus said to David, Know assuredly that thou shalt go out with me to battle, both thou and thy men. ² Whereupon David said to Angchus, Thus thou shalt now know what thy servant can do. And Angchus said to David, Thus will I make thee captain of my body guard during thy life.

⁶ Then Angchus called David, and said to him. As the Lord liveth, Thou art good, and upright in my eyes, and so is thy going out and thy coming in with me in the army. Indeed I have not found any thing amiss in thee from the day of thy coming to me even to this day. But thou art not in favour with the lords. ⁷ Now therefore return, and go in peace, that thou mayst not give offence to the lords of the Philistines.