Verse 12

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.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 34:30 : 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,“You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land– among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!”
• 1 Sam 13:4 : 4 All Israel heard this message,“Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.