And Achish believed David, saying, 'He has made himself utterly abhorred by his people Israel; therefore he shall be my servant for ever' — Achish's interpretation ('vayyaʾamᵊn ʾet-dāwīd lēmōr šanṭû-ʿālayw bɛʿammô yiśrāʾēl') misunderstands David's moves as evidence of estrangement from Israel. The Philistine king believes that David has burned his bridges irrevocably, making him a perpetual vassal ('yeʿabod-lî ʿal-kol-hayyāmîm'), yet this assumption will prove fatally wrong.

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