1 Samuel 27:10
8 Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
9 Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
11 David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
12 So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”
- KJV
- And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
- WEB
- Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?” David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
- ASV
- And Achish said, Against whom have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.
- DARBY
- So Achish said, Have ye not made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
- BLB
- And Achish would say, “Where have you⁺ made a raid today?” And David would say, “Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelite, and against the south of the Kenite.”
- ÅB
- og Akis spurte: Dere har vel ikke gjort noe innfall idag? da svarte David: Jo, i sydlandet, både blant Judas menn og blant jerahme'elittene og kenittene.
- OTB
- Nå ville Akisj si, "Hvor har dere utført et raid i dag?" Og David ville si, "Mot Negev i Juda," eller "Mot Negev i jerahme’elittene," eller "Mot Negev i kenittene."
- B1930
- og Akis spurte: I har vel ikke gjort noget innfall idag? da svarte David: Jo, i sydlandet, både blandt Judas menn og blandt jerahme'elittene og kenittene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 1:16
Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:25
The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
Read in context1 Chronicles 2:9
The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
Read in contextJudges 4:11
Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
Read in context1 Samuel 30:29
to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;
Read in contextGalatians 2:11–13
When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.
Read in contextJoshua 2:4–6
But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
Read in contextJudges 5:24
Most blessed among women is Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
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