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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 struck his thousands,
And David his ten thousands’?”

12 And David (C)took these words [a]to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. 13 So he (D)disguised his sanity in their sight and acted insanely in their hands and scribbled on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down into his beard.

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  1. 1 Samuel 21:12 Lit in his