1 Samuel 27:12

27:12 So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ¹  “He is really hated ²  among his own people in ³  Israel! From now on ⁴  he will be my servant.”

1 Samuel 13:4

13:4 All Israel heard this message, ⁵  “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive ⁶  to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join ⁷  Saul at Gilgal.

[27:12]  ¹ tn Heb “saying.”

[27:12]  ² tn Heb “he really stinks.” The expression is used figuratively here to describe the rejection and ostracism that David had experienced as a result of Saul’s hatred of him.

[27:12]  ³ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss lack the preposition “in.”

[27:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “permanently.”

[13:4]  ⁵ tn The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “stinks.” The figurative language indicates that Israel had become repulsive to the Philistines.

[13:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “were summoned after.”