² As the Philistine rulers marched with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were marching at the rear^(A) with Achish.

⁴ But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, “Send^(A) the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn^(B) against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master’s favor than by taking the heads of our own men?