1 Samuel 21:14

וַיְשַׁנּוֹ אֶת ־ טַעְמוֹ בְּעֵינֵיהֶם וַיִּתְהֹלֵל בְּיָדָם ויתו עַל ־ דַּלְתוֹת הַשַּׁעַר וַיּוֹרֶד רִירוֹ אֶל ־ זְקָנֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

13וַיָּשֶׂם דָּוִד אֶת ־ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה בִּלְבָבוֹ וַיִּרָא מְאֹד מִפְּנֵי אָכִישׁ מֶֽלֶךְ ־ גַּֽת ׃

15וַיֹּאמֶר אָכִישׁ אֶל ־ עֲבָדָיו הִנֵּה תִרְאוּ אִישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ לָמָּה תָּבִיאוּ אֹתוֹ אֵלָֽי ׃ חֲסַר מְשֻׁגָּעִים אָנִי כִּי ־ הֲבֵאתֶם אֶת ־ זֶה לְהִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ עָלָי הֲזֶה יָבוֹא אֶל ־ בֵּיתִֽי ׃ ס

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:7כִּי הָעֹשֶׁק יְהוֹלֵל חָכָם וִֽיאַבֵּד אֶת ־ לֵב מַתָּנָֽה ׃

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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