1 Samuel 27:12

And Achish believed in David, saying,—He hath made himself, odious, unto his own people, unto Israel, therefore shall he be my servant all his life long.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

In Context

11But, neither man nor woman, used David to save alive, to bring into Gath, for he said, Lest they tell of us, saying,—So, hath David done, and, such, his manner, all the days that he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:30Then said Jacob unto Simeon and unto Levi—Ye have troubled me by making me odious among them that dwell in the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites,—I, having only men that may be counted, they will gather themselves, together against me and smite me,—and I shall be destroyed both I and my house.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 27:9-12

David Smites the Amalekites. ( b. c. 1055.) 8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. 10 And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said,… Read the whole commentary →

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