1 Samuel 29:10

Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Achish addresses David at dawn, ordering him and his accompanying servants to depart immediately after the Philistine commanders block David's participation in the upcoming campaign.

The words — הַשְׁכֵּם (hashkem) means "rise early," paired with בֹּקֶר (boqer) "morning," forming the direct command to depart at first light.

The thread — This departure leads directly to the Amalekite raid on Ziklag recorded in 1 Samuel 30:1, while 1 Chronicles 12:19 notes Manassites defecting to David during this same Philistine campaign.

Why it lands — The text commands immediate withdrawal to avoid Philistine hostility, requiring the reader to accept restricted agency rather than force a military resolution.

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The Hebrew words

וְעַתָּה֙ve./'a.Tahand/ therefore הַשְׁכֵּ֣םhash.Kemrise early בַּבֹּ֔קֶרba./Bo.kerin the/ morning וְעַבְדֵ֥יve./'av.Deiand/ [the] servants of אֲדֹנֶ֖יךָ'a.do.Nei./khamaster<s>/ your אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-who בָּ֣אוּBa.'uthey have come אִתָּ֑ךְ'i.Ta/khwith/ you וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֣םve./hish.kam.Temand/ you will rise early בַּבֹּ֔קֶרba./Bo.kerin the/ morning וְא֥וֹרve./'orand/ it will be lightלָכֶ֖םla./Khemfor <the>/ youוָלֵֽכוּ׃va./Le.khuand/ go

King James Version

Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master’s servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 12:19 Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)
Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
1 Samuel 30:1 On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
1 Chronicles 12:22 For at that time men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.
Psalms 37:23 The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
2 Peter 2:9 if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.