1 Samuel 27:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself utterly abhorred by his people Israel; therefore he shall be my servant always.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; so he shall be my servant always.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Achish trusted David, thinking, David has alienated himself so badly from his own people in Israel that he’ll serve me forever.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, Achish trusted David, saying: "He has worked much harm against his people Israel. And so, he will be a servant to me forever."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Achis believed David, saying: He hath done much harm to his people Israel; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

1 Samuel 27:12 Cross References

Genesis 34:30

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”

2 Samuel 10:6

When the Ammonites saw that they had become odious to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob, twelve thousand men.

Exodus 5:21

and they said to them, “The Lord look upon you and judge, because you have made us offensive in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and have put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

1 Samuel 13:4

And all Israel heard it said that Saul had defeated the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. And the people were called out to join Saul at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 27:11

And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, thinking, “Lest they should tell about us, and say, ‘So David has done.’ ” Such was his custom all the while he dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 28:1

In those days the Philistines gathered their forces for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, “Understand that you and your men are to go out with me in the army.”