And all Israel heard the news, ‘Saul has attacked the Philistine garrison, and Israel is now repulsive to the Philistines.’ Then the troops were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, ‘You have brought trouble on me, making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.’
‘May the Lord take note of you and judge,’ they said to them, ‘because you have made us reek to Pharaoh and his officials #– #putting a sword in their hand to kill us! ’
David did not let a man or woman live to be brought to Gath, for he said, ‘Or they will inform on us and say, “This is what David did.” ’ This was David’s custom during the whole time he stayed in the Philistine territory.
At that time, the Philistines gathered their military units into one army to fight against Israel. So Achish said to David, ‘You know, of course, that you and your men must march out in the army with me.’
When the Ammonites realised they had become repulsive to David, they hired twenty thousand foot soldiers from the Arameans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, one thousand men from the king of Maacah, and twelve thousand men from Tob.