1 Samuel 27:12
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And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
In other translations
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
Hebrew words
וַיַּאֲמֵןvaiya'amenand he trustedH539אָכִישׁ'akhishAchishH397בְּדָוִדbedavidin DavidH1732לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559הַבְאֵשׁhav'eshcertainly <to become odious>H887הִבְאִישׁhiv'ishhe has become odiousH887בְּעַמּוֹbe'amoamong people hisH5971בְיִשְׂרָאֵלveyisra'elamong IsraelH3478וְהָיָהvehayahand he will becomeH1961לִיliof meלְעֶבֶדle'eved<into> a servant ofH5650עוֹלָם׃ פolamperpetuityH5769
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Samuel 13:4And 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.And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
- Genesis 34:30And 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.Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
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