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I will make you my permanent bodyguard." </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/1_samuel/28-2.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/1_samuel/28-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_samuel/28-2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/1.htm">1 Samuel</a> > <a href="/gntd/1_samuel/28.htm">Chapter 28</a> > Verse 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/28-1.htm" title="1 Samuel 28:1">◄</a> 1 Samuel 28:2 <a href="../1_samuel/28-3.htm" title="1 Samuel 28:3">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/28.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/1_samuel/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Of course," David answered. "I am your servant, and you will see for yourself what I can do." Achish said, "Good! I will make you my permanent bodyguard." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />David said to Achish, “Very well, then you shall know what your servant can do.” Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_samuel/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />David answered Achish, “Good! Now you shall learn what your servant can do.” Then Achish said to David, “I shall appoint you as my permanent bodyguard.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And David said to Achis: Now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achis said to David: And I will appoint thee to guard my life for ever.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And David said to Achis: Now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achis said to David: And I will appoint thee to guard my life for ever.</p><p class="hdg">Surely</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/27-10.htm">1 Samuel 27:10</a> And Achis said to him: Whom hast thou gone against to day? David answered: Against the south of Juda, and against the south of Jerameel, and against the south of Ceni.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_samuel/16-16.htm">2 Samuel 16:16-19</a> And when Chusai the Arachite, David's friend, was come to Absalom, he said to him: God save thee, O king, God save thee, O king. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../romans/12-9.htm">Romans 12:9</a> Let love be without dissimulation. Hating that which is evil, cleaving to that which is good,</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/1_samuel/28.htm">Philistines Gather Against Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered together their armies, to be prepared for war against Israel: And Achis said to David: Know thou now assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to the war, thou, and thy men. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl">And David said to Achis: Now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achis said to David: And I will appoint thee to guard my life for ever.</span><span class="reftext">3</span>Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel mourned for him, and buried him in Ramatha, his city. And Saul had put away all the magicians and soothsayers out of the land.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/1-22.htm">1 Samuel 1:22</a></span><br />But Anna went not up: for she said to her husband: I will not go till the child be weaned, and till I may carry him, that he may appear before the Lord, and may abide always there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/1-28.htm">1 Samuel 1:28</a></span><br />Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord all the days of his life, he shall be lent to the Lord. And they adored the Lord there. And Anna prayed, and said:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/29-2.htm">1 Samuel 29:2</a></span><br />And the lords of the Philistines marched with their hundreds and their thousands: but David and his men were in the rear with Achis.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm">Achish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm">A'chish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-30.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/genesis/41-12.htm">Bodyguard</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-16.htm">Head</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-34.htm">Keeper</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-24.htm">Life</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-12.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-12.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-47.htm">Thereby</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_samuel/29-2.htm">Achish</a> <a href="/1_samuel/29-2.htm">A'chish</a> <a href="/2_samuel/6-21.htm">Appoint</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-23.htm">Bodyguard</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-17.htm">David</a> <a href="/1_samuel/31-9.htm">Head</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-2.htm">Keeper</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-21.htm">Life</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-22.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-9.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-13.htm">Thereby</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/28-2.htm">1 Samuel 28:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_samuel/28-2.htm">1 Samuel 28:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_samuel/28-2.htm">1 Samuel 28:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_samuel/28-2.htm">1 Samuel 28:2 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/28-2.htm">1 Samuel 28:2 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_samuel/28-2.htm">1 Samuel 28:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_samuel/28-2.htm">1 Samuel 28:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_samuel/28-2.htm">1 Samuel 28:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/1_samuel/28-2.htm">1 Samuel 28:2 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: Achish bodyguard can David do for I know life make my replied said see servant shall So Then to Very well what will you your yourself<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/1_samuel/28-2.htm">OT History: 1 Samuel 28:2 David said to Achish Therefore you shall (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/28-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 28:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 28:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/28-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 28:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 28:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table><br /><br /></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>