And all Yisrael heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Plishtim, and that Yisrael also was had in abomination with the Plishtim. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
And Yaakov said to Shimon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Kenaanim and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
And they said unto them, YY look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gat, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Plishtim.
And it came to pass in those days, that the Plishtim gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Yisrael. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.