NET Bible
"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.”"
— 1 Samuel 27:12, NET Bible
“And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall 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. ”
“Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."”
“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. ”
When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.
When Achish would ask,“Where did you raid today?” David would say,“The Negev of Judah” or“The Negev of Jeharmeel” or“The Negev of the Kenites.”
Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking,“This way they can’t tell on us, saying,‘This is what David did.’” Such was his practice the entire time that he lived in the country of the Philistines.
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.”