1 Samuel 27:10

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

1 Samuel 27:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 27:10

And Achish said, whither have ye made a road today?
&c.] Or whither had they rushed in, or poured in and spread themselves? or where had they made their excursion to fetch in the prey and booty they now brought?

and David said, against the south of Judah;
he meant against some people that lay to the south of the land of Judah, without it; but expressed himself so, that Achish might think he meant the southern parts of Judah within the country; which, though not a downright lie, was an equivocation, and made with a design to deceive; and was by no means agreeably to the character of David, nor to be defended nor imitated:

and against the south of the Jerahmeelites;
these were the descendants of Jerahmeel, the son of Hezron, the grandson of Judah, and so inhabited in the tribe of Judah, and very probably in the southern part of it, ( 1 Chronicles 2:9 1 Chronicles 2:25 1 Chronicles 2:26 ) ,

and against the south of the Kenites;
the posterity of Jethro; these, at least some of them, at the first seating of the children of Israel in the land of Canaan, went with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad, ( Judges 1:16 ) .

1 Samuel 27:10 In-Context

8 David y sus hombres pasaban su tiempo asaltando a los gesureos, a los gerzitas y a los amalecitas, pueblos que desde los tiempos antiguos vivían cerca de Shur, hacia la tierra de Egipto.

9 David no dejaba ni a una sola persona con vida en los pueblos que atacaba. Tomaba las ovejas, las cabras, el ganado, los burros, los camellos y la ropa, antes de volver a casa para ver al rey Aquis.

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!».