1 Samuel 21:11-13

The Voice

¹¹The king’s servants reminded the king,

Servants: Isn’t this David who some claim to be the very ruler of the land? Didn’t they sing about him while they celebrated and danced?

Saul has slain his thousands
and David, his tens of thousands.

¹²When David heard that these were the kinds of things people were saying about him, he was afraid of what Achish, the king of Gath, might do, ¹³so he acted differently when they were around and even pretended to be insane. He scarred the doors at the city’s gates with his fingernails and drooled into his beard.

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