1. The Philistines had brought their whole army to Aphek, while Israel's army was camping near Jezreel Spring.
2-3. The Philistine rulers and their troops were marching past the Philistine army commanders in groups of a hundred and a thousand. When David and his men marched by at the end with Achish, the commanders said, “What are these worthless Israelites doing here?”“They are David's men,” Achish answered. “David used to be one of Saul's officers, but he left Saul and joined my army a long time ago. I've never had even one complaint about him.”
4. The Philistine army commanders were angry and shouted:Send David back to the town you gave him. We won't have him going into the battle with us. He could turn and fight against us! Saul would take David back as an officer if David brought him the heads of our soldiers.
5. The Israelites even dance and sing,“Saul has killeda thousand enemies;David has killedten thousand enemies!”