1 Samuel 27:12

So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ¹  “He is really hated ²  among his own people in ³  Israel! From now on ⁴  he will be my servant.”

Achish trusted David and said to himself, "He has become so odious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for ever."

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

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!"

Achish came to trust David completely. He thought, "He's made himself so repugnant to his people that he'll be in my camp forever."

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.

Achish trusted David, thinking, "He has made himself utterly abhorrent to his people Israel; therefore he shall always be my servant."

So Achish believed David, saying, "He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; therefore he will be my servant forever."

So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ¹  “He is really hated ²  among his own people in ³  Israel! From now on ⁴  he will be my servant.”

¹ tn Heb “saying.”

² tn Heb “he really stinks.” The expression is used figuratively here to describe the rejection and ostracism that David had experienced as a result of Saul’s hatred of him.

³ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss lack the preposition “in.”

⁴ tn Heb “permanently.”