1 Samuel 21:14

Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is mad. Why have you brought him to me?

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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

13He changed his behavior before them and pretended to be insane in their hands; he made marks on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.

15Do I lack madmen, so that you have brought this fellow to behave like one in my presence? Will this fellow really come into my house?”

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:7Extortion certainly makes a wise man foolish, 2 and a bribe corrupts the heart. 1

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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