11 But the (A)servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? (B)Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying,

‘Saul has slain his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”

12 David (C)took these words [a]to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. 13 So he (D)disguised his sanity while in their sight and acted insanely in their [b]custody, and he scribbled on the doors of the gate, and drooled on his beard.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 21:12 Lit in his
  2. 1 Samuel 21:13 Lit hand

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