1 Samuel 21:10–15 · BSB
21:10
That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
21:11
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
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21:12
Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
21:13
So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
21:14
Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?
21:15
Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
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