1 Samuel 27:10-12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁰ who enquired, ‘Where did you raid today? ’^[a](A)

David replied, ‘The south country of Judah,’ ‘The south country of the Jerahmeelites,’^(B) or ‘The south country of the Kenites.’^(C)

¹¹ David did not let a man or woman live to be brought to Gath, for he said, ‘Or they will inform on us and say, “This is what David did.” ’ This was David’s custom during the whole time he stayed in the Philistine territory. ¹² So Achish trusted David, thinking, ‘Since he has made himself repulsive to his people Israel, he will be my servant for ever.’