American Standard Version
"And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. "
— 1 Samuel 27:12, American Standard Version
“And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. ”
“Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."”
“So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself,“He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant.””
“And Achis believed David, saying: He hath done much harm to his people Israel: Therefore he shall be my servant for ever. ”
“And Achish had belief in what David said, saying, He has made himself hated by all his people Israel, and so he will be my servant for ever.”
“And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. ”
And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish.
And Achish said, Against whom have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.