1 Samuel 27:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² And Aḵ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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

¹² 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)

¹² 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

¹² 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

¹² Therefore, Achish trusted David, saying: "He has worked much harm against his people Israel. And so, he will be a servant to me forever."

1 Samuel 27:12 Cross References

Genesis 34:30

And Yaʽ

2 Samuel 10:6

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had become a stench to Dawiḏ

Exodus 5:21

And they said to them, “Let יהוה  look on you and judge, because you have made us loathsome in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to give a sword in their hand to kill us.”

1 Samuel 13:4

And all Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 27:11

Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 28:1

And it came to be in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies for battle, to fight with Yisra’ĕ