³⁰ Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ^(A)brought trouble on me by ^(B)making me repulsive among the inhabitants of the land, among ^(C)the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and ^[a](D)since my men are few in number, they will band together against me and ^[b]attack me, and I will be destroyed, I and my household!”

⁴ And all Israel heard ^[a]the news that Saul had attacked the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel ^(A)had become repulsive to the Philistines. Then the people were summoned ^[b]to Saul at Gilgal.

¹² So Achish believed David, saying, “He has undoubtedly made himself repulsive among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever.”

⁶ Now when the sons of Ammon saw that ^(A)they had become repulsive to David, the sons of Ammon sent messengers and ^(B)hired the Arameans of ^(C)Beth-rehob and the ^(D)Arameans of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of ^(E)Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob with twelve thousand men.

⁶ When the sons of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent ^[a]a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, Aram-maacah, and ^(A)Zobah.