ل َكِنَّ ضُبّاطَ الفِلِسْطِيِّينَ غَضِبُوا مِنْ أخِيشَ. وَقالُوا لَهُ: «أعِدْهُ. ليَذهَبْ إلَى المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي أعْطَيتَهُ إيّاها. لا يُمكِنُهُ أنْ يُرافِقَنا إلَى المَعرَكَةِ. فَما دامَ داوُدُ هُنا، فَإنَّ بَينَنا عَدُوّاً فِي مُعَسكَرِنا. وَكَيفَ سَيُصالِحُ مَلِكَهُ؟ ألَيسَ بِقَتلِهِ رِجالَنا؟
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?
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