^21 (A)They said to them, “^(B)May the Lord look upon you and judge you, for you have ^(C)made ^[a]us odious in Pharaoh’s sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.”

⁴ All Israel heard ^[a]the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel ^(A)had become odious to the Philistines. The people were then summoned ^[b]to Saul at Gilgal.

⁶ Now when the sons of Ammon saw that ^(A)they had become odious to David, the sons of Ammon sent and ^(B)hired the Arameans of ^(C)Beth-rehob and the ^(D)Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of ^(E)Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men.