1 Samuel 27:12
New International Version
Achish trusted David and said to himself, “He has become so obnoxious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for life.”

New Living Translation
Achish believed David and thought to himself, “By now the people of Israel must hate him bitterly. Now he will have to stay here and serve me forever!”

English Standard Version
And Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant.”

Berean Standard Bible
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

King James Bible
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

New King James Version
So Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; therefore he will be my servant forever.”

New American Standard Bible
So Achish believed David, saying, “He has undoubtedly made himself repulsive among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever.”

NASB 1995
So Achish believed David, saying, “He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever.”

NASB 1977
So Achish believed David, saying, “He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever.”

Legacy Standard Bible
So Achish believed David, saying, “He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever.”

Amplified Bible
Achish believed David, saying, “He has certainly become hated by his people in Israel; so he will always be my servant.”

Christian Standard Bible
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself repulsive to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself detestable to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Akish trusted David, and he said, “He has certainly done evil to his people Israel; behold he is a Servant to me forever!”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So David had the full confidence of Anchus, who said, He is thoroughly disgraced among his people in Israel and he shall be my servant for ever.

Contemporary English Version
But Achish trusted David and thought, "David's people must be furious with him. From now on he will have to take orders from me."

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Achis believed David, saying: He hath done much harm to his people Israel: therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

English Revised Version
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
And Achish believed David. Achish thought, "He has definitely made his own people in Israel despise him. He'll be my servant from now on."

Good News Translation
But Achish trusted David and said to himself, "He is hated so much by his own people the Israelites that he will have to serve me all his life."

International Standard Version
Achish believed David, telling himself, "He has certainly made himself repulsive to his people in Israel. He will be my servant forever."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Achish believed David, saying: 'He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.'

Literal Standard Version
And Achish believes in David, saying, “He has made himself utterly abhorred among his people in Israel, and has been for a perpetual servant to me.”

Majority Standard Bible
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

New American Bible
Achish trusted David, thinking, “His people Israel must certainly detest him. I shall have him as my vassal forever.”

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."

New Revised Standard Version
Achish trusted David, thinking, “He has made himself utterly abhorrent to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant.”

New Heart English Bible
Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he shall be my servant forever."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

World English Bible
Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Achish believeth in David, saying, 'He hath made himself utterly abhorred among his people, in Israel, and hath been to me for a servant age-during.'

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Context
David and the Philistines
11David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’ ” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory. 12So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

Cross References
Exodus 5:21
"May the LORD look upon you and judge you," the foremen said, "for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!"

1 Samuel 27:11
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, "Otherwise they will report us, saying, 'This is what David did.'" And this was David's custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.

1 Samuel 28:1
Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, "You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me."

2 Samuel 10:6
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.


Treasury of Scripture

And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

utterly to abhor [heb] to stink

1 Samuel 13:4
And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

Genesis 34:30
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites 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.

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1 Samuel 27
1. Saul, hearing David to be in Gath, seeks no more for him
5. David begs Ziklag of Achish
8. He, invading other countries, persuades Achish he fought against Judah.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So Achish
אָכִ֖ישׁ (’ā·ḵîš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 397: Achish -- king of Gath

trusted
וַיַּאֲמֵ֥ן (way·ya·’ă·mên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 539: To confirm, support

David,
בְּדָוִ֣ד (bə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

thinking,
לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Since he has made himself repugnant
הַבְאֵ֤שׁ (haḇ·’êš)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 887: To smell bad, to be offensive

to his people
בְּעַמּ֣וֹ (bə·‘am·mōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

Israel,
בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (ḇə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

he will be
וְהָ֥יָה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

my
לִ֖י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

servant
לְעֶ֥בֶד (lə·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

forever.”
עוֹלָֽם׃ (‘ō·w·lām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always


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