⁴ But ^(A)the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Send the man back, that he may return ^(B)to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, ^(C)lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?

¹¹ So David set out with his men early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to ^(A)Jezreel.