1 Samuel 21:11-13

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¹¹ But Achish’s officers weren’t happy about his being there. “Isn’t he the top leader of Israel?” they asked.

“Isn’t he the one the people honor at their dances, singing, ‘Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands’?”

¹² David heard these comments and was afraid of what King Achish might do to him, ¹³ so he pretended to be insane! He scratched on doors and let his spittle flow down his beard,