1. 1 Samuel 29:11 (NEG79)
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Why does the narrator talk about David going back to the land of the Philistines?

1 Samuel 29:11 (NEG79)

11 David et ses gens se levèrent de bonne heure, pour partir dès le matin, et retourner dans le pays des Philistins. Et les Philistins montèrent à Jizreel.

It is possible that the narrator did not consider Aphek to be part of Philistine territory.1 Maintaining the image of an ideal servant, David obeys Achish’s instructions and goes back to Ziklag. It was a journey of almost 100 kilometres.