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David flees to Achish the king of Gath and pretends to be insane

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1 Samuel 21:10–15: David arises and flees that day for fear of Saul, and goes to Achish the king of Gath. The servants of Achish say to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing to one another about him in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?” David lays up these words in his heart, and is very afraid of Achish the king of Gath; he changes his behavior before them and pretends to be insane in their hands, and scribbles on the doors of the gate, and lets his spittle fall down on his beard. Then Achish says to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me? Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”

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1SA 21:10–15, engwebp
¹⁰David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
¹¹The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing to one another about him in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
¹²David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
¹³He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
¹⁴Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me?
¹⁵Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”
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David — Took part in — David flees to Achish the king of Gath and pretends to be insane

Evidence: 1 Samuel 21:10–15
Achish (son of Maoch) — Took part in — David flees to Achish the king of Gath and pretends to be insane

Evidence: 1 Samuel 21:10–15

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Entry: David flees to Achish the king of Gath and pretends to be insane (event-1sa-21-david-before-achish)
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Current wording: 1 Samuel 21:10–15: David arises and flees that day for fear of Saul, and goes to Achish the king of Gath. The servants of Achish say to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing to one another about him in dances, saying, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?” David lays up these words in his heart, and is very afraid of Achish the king of Gath; he changes his behavior before them and pretends to be insane in their hands, and scribbles on the doors of the gate, and lets his spittle fall down on his beard. Then Achish says to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me? Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”
Cited evidence: 1SA 21:10–15, engwebp
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