1 Samuel 29:8

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David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

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Aphek was a Philistine mustering point on the coastal plain, while Jezreel lay in the broad valley where Israel’s army camped near Mount Gilboa. Their opposing positions frame David’s disputed place among the Philistines as they prepared to fight Saul.

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1 Samuel 29:8 mentions Aphek and Jezreel.