1 Samuel 28:2

Surely thou shalt know Better, Therefore now shalt thou know: reading nowfor thouwith the Sept. and Vulg. David's answer is designedly ambiguous. He is placed in a perplexing dilemma. It seems as though he must either fight against his own nation, or appear false to his liege lord Achish. The difficulty was providentially solved by the suspicion of the Philistine princes (1 Samuel 29:3 ff.).

keeper of mine head Captain of his body-guard. Achish accepts David's answer as a profession of loyalty.