1 Samuel 21:15

And Achish said to his servants, Lo! ye see the man is mad: why have ye brought him in to me?

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In The King James Version

Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

In Context

14And he changed his appearance before him, and feigned himself a false character in that day; and drummed upon the doors of the city, and used extravagant gestures with his hands, and fell against the doors of the gate, and his spittle ran down upon his beard.

16Am I in want of madmen, that ye have brought him in to me to play the madman? he shall not come into the house.

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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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