1 Samuel 27:12

12 Áquis, pois, confiava em Davi, dizendo: Fez-se ele por certo aborrecível para com o seu povo em Israel; pelo que me será por servo para sempre.

1 Samuel 27:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 27:12

And Achish believed David
As he would have him understand his story; imposing upon him by ambiguous terms, insinuating he had been against the southern parts of Judah, when he had been against foreign nations that lay to the south of Judah:

saying, he hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him;
they shall never forgive him the destruction of their cities, and the inhabitants of them, and the plunder of their goods and cattle; his name will be had in the utmost detestation and abhorrence, and he must never return thither any more:

therefore he shall be my servant for ever:
would be glad to continue with him as a servant, and be obliged to serve him faithfully and truly, since his own people, and even those of his own tribe, would never more receive him; it being, as he understood it, the south of Judah that he had been plundering.

1 Samuel 27:12 In-Context

10 E quando Áquis perguntava: Sobre que parte fizestes incursão hoje? Davi respondia: Sobre o Negebe de Judá; ou: Sobre o Negebe dos jerameelitas; ou: Sobre o Negebe dos queneus.
11 E Davi não deixava com vida nem homem nem mulher para trazê-los a Gate, pois dizia: Para que porventura não nos denunciem, dizendo: Assim fez Davi. E este era o seu costume por todos os dias que habitou na terra dos filisteus.
12 Áquis, pois, confiava em Davi, dizendo: Fez-se ele por certo aborrecível para com o seu povo em Israel; pelo que me será por servo para sempre.
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