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1Sa 29:9 — And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou [art] good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

as an angel		2Sa 14:17,20; 2Sa 19:27; Gal 4:14
the princes		1Sa 29:4

Correlating Passages

as an angel

	2Sa 14:17	Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
	2Sa 14:20	To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth.
	2Sa 19:27	And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king [is] as an angel of God: do therefore [what is] good in thine eyes.
	Gal 4:14	And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus.

the princes

1Sa 29:4

And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? [should it] not [be] with the heads of these men?

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 29:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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