1 Samuel 21:10-15
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10Then David arose and fled that day from Saul and went to aAchish king of Gath. 11But the aservants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? bDid they not sing of this one as they danced, saying, ‘Saul has struck his thousands,And David his ten thousands’?”
12And David atook these words 1to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. 13So he adisguised his sanity in their sight and acted insanely in their hands and scribbled on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down into his beard. 14Then Achish said to his servants, “Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me? 15“Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this one to act the madman before me? Shall this one come into my house?”