1 Samuel 27:12
Cross References

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

Exodus 5:21
And they said to them: The Lord see and judge, because you have, made our savour to stink before Pharao and his servants, and you have given him a sword, to kill us.

1 Samuel 27:11
And David saved neither man nor woman, neither brought he any of them to Geth, saying: Lest they should speak against us. So did David, and such was his proceeding all the days that he dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 28:1
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered together their armies, to be prepared for war against Israel: And Achis said to David: Know thou now assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to the war, thou, and thy men.

2 Samuel 10:6
And the children of Ammon seeing that they had done an injury to David, sent and hired the Syrians of Rohob, and the Syrians of Soba, twenty thousand footmen, and of the king of Maacha a thousand men, and of Istob twelve thousand men.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

utterly to abhor [heb] to stink

1 Samuel 13:4 And all Israel heard this report: Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines: and Israel took courage against the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Galgal.

Genesis 34:30 And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house shall be destroyed.

Context
David and the Philistines
11And David saved neither man nor woman, neither brought he any of them to Geth, saying: Lest they should speak against us. So did David, and such was his proceeding all the days that he dwelt in the country of the Philistines. 12And Achis believed David, saying: He hath done much harm to his people Israel: Therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
Lexicon
So Achish
אָכִ֖ישׁ (’ā·ḵîš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 397: Achish -- king of Gath

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

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

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

“Since he has made himself repugnant
הַבְאֵ֤שׁ (haḇ·’êš)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

Israel,
בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (ḇə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 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 Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

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


Additional Translations
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself repugnant to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”And Achish believed David, saying, He has 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.

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.

And Achish trusted David, saying, He has made himself utterly odious among his people Israel; and 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.

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 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.'
Jump to Previous
Abhor Abhorred Achish A'chish Age-During Always Belief Believed Believeth David Hated Israel Israelites Odious Servant Surely Thinking Trusted Utterly
Jump to Next
Abhor Abhorred Achish A'chish Age-During Always Belief Believed Believeth David Hated Israel Israelites Odious Servant Surely Thinking Trusted Utterly
Links
1 Samuel 27:12 NIV
1 Samuel 27:12 NLT
1 Samuel 27:12 ESV
1 Samuel 27:12 NASB
1 Samuel 27:12 KJV

1 Samuel 27:12 Bible Apps
1 Samuel 27:12 Biblia Paralela
1 Samuel 27:12 Chinese Bible
1 Samuel 27:12 French Bible
1 Samuel 27:12 German Bible

Alphabetical: Achish among and be become believed David forever has He himself his Israel Israelites made my odious people said saying servant so surely that the therefore to trusted will

OT History: 1 Samuel 27:12 Achish believed David saying He has made (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

1 Samuel 27:11
Top of Page
Top of Page