1 Samuel 27:10-12

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¹⁰ Achish would ask David, “Where did you go raiding today?” And David would tell him ·that he had gone to the southern part [against the Negev] of Judah, or [against the Negev of] Jerahmeel, or ·to the land [against the Negev] of the Kenites. ¹¹ David never brought a man or woman alive to Gath. He thought, “If we bring people alive, they may tell Achish, ‘This is what David really did.’” David did this all the time he lived in the Philistine land. ¹² So Achish trusted David and said to himself, “·David’s own people, the Israelites, now hate him very much [^LHe has made himself detested/abhorrent/odious to his people Israel]. He will ·serve me [^Lbe my servant] forever.”