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.
Achish said, Whither have ye made a road today? х 'ee (H335) pªshaTtem (H6584)] - Whither have you spread yourselves out today? Against whom have you made a hostile raid today?
David said, Against the south of Judah (i:e., Negeb of Judah),
And against the south of the Jerahmeelites. Jerahmeel was the great-grandson of Judah, and his posterity occupied the southern portion of that tribal domain. 'The Negeb of the Jerahmeelites' answered to that of the Sa'idiyeh, which extends southwestwards until it meets the Negeb of the Cherethites, or Philistines, near Wady er-Ruheibeh.'
And against the south of the Kenites - the possession of Jethro, who occupied a portion in the Negeb of Judah, the smallest of the three districts into which that region was divided, and comprised the region immediately adjacent to 'Arad. 'It now answers to the country of the Dhullam Arabs, including the southern extremity of the Jehalin territory' (Wilton's 'Negeb,' pp. 22-24). It will be observed that, in his reply to Achish, David misleads the king as to the scene of his adventure, and names a different set of people from those whom he had actually attacked. [The Septuagint has for Jerahmeelites, Iesmega, and for Kenites, Kenezi.]