1 Samuel 21:10-15

¹⁰That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

¹¹But 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’?”

¹²Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

¹³So 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.

¹⁴Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?

¹⁵Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”

— 1 Samuel 21:10-15

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Cross References for 1 Samuel 21:10-15

• Ecclesiastes 7:7
• Proverbs 29:25
• 1 Samuel 29:5
• Psalm 34:1-22
• Luke 2:19
• 1 Samuel 16:1
• Psalm 56:1-13
• Psalm 56:3
• 1 Samuel 18:7-8
• Psalm 34:4

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