1 Samuel 21:15
Have we need of madmen, that you have brought in this fellow, to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Achis said to his servants: You saw the man was mad: why have you brought him to me?
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 →