1 Samuel 27:12

12 Aquis le creía a David y pensaba: «A estas alturas el pueblo de Israel lo debe odiar amargamente. ¡Ahora tendrá que quedarse aquí y servirme para siempre!».

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 —¿Dónde atacaste hoy? —le preguntaba Aquis.
Y David respondía:
—Atacamos al sur de Judá, a los jerameelitas y a los ceneos.

11 Nadie quedaba con vida que pudiera ir a Gat y contar dónde él había estado de verdad. Esto sucedía una y otra vez mientras vivía entre los filisteos.

12 Aquis le creía a David y pensaba: «A estas alturas el pueblo de Israel lo debe odiar amargamente. ¡Ahora tendrá que quedarse aquí y servirme para siempre!».