1 Samuel 21:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹² And David took these words to heart, and was much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² David took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish king of Gath.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

Common English Bible

¹² David took these words very seriously and became very frightened of Achish, Gath’s king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Then David took these words to his heart, and he became exceedingly afraid before the face of Achish, the king of Gath.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² But David laid up these words in his heart, and was exceedingly afraid at the face of Achis the king of Geth.

1 Samuel 21:12 Cross References

Genesis 26:7

When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister”; for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me for the sake of Rebekah”; because she was fair to look upon.

Psalm 119:11

I have laid up thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Psalm 34:4

I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 56:3

When I am afraid, I put my trust in thee.

Luke 2:19

But Mary kept all these things, pondering them in her heart.

Luke 2:51

And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.

1 Samuel 18:7

And the women sang to one another as they made merry, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”

1 Samuel 21:10

And David rose and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:13

So he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and made marks on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run down his beard.