1 Samuel 21:14

Then Achish said to his servants, Look! the man is clearly off his head; why have you let him come before me?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

In Context

13So changing his behaviour before them, he made it seem as if he was off his head, hammering on the doors of the town, and letting the water from his mouth go down his chin.

15Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:7The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 21:11-15

David Driven from Achish. ( b. c. 1057.) 10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. 11 And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 12 And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands,… Read the whole commentary →

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