291 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
291 The Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek, and Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
291 Now the Philistines had gathered all their forces at Aphek. And the Israelites were encamped by the spring that is in Jezreel.
291 The Philistines mustered all their troops at Aphek. Meanwhile Israel had made camp at the spring at Jezreel.
291 Then the Philistines gathered together all their armies at Aphek, and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
291 The entire Philistine army now mobilized at Aphek, and the Israelites camped at the spring in Jezreel.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 29:1
Commentary on 1 Samuel 29:1-5
(Read 1 Samuel 29:1-5)
David waited with a secret hope that the Lord would help him out of his difficulty. But he seems to have been influenced too much by the fear of man, in consenting to attend Achish. It is hard to come near to the brink of sin, and not to fall in. God inclined the princes of the Philistines to oppose David's being employed in the battle. Thus their dislike befriended him, when no friend could do him such a kindness.