1 Samuel 21:10-15

Revised Standard Version

David Flees to Gath

¹⁰ And David rose and fled that day from Saul, and went to A′chish the king of Gath. ¹¹ And the servants of A′chish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances,

¹² And David took these words to heart, and was much afraid of A′chish the king of Gath. ¹³ So he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and made marks on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle run down his beard. ¹⁴ Then said A′chish to his servants, “Lo, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me? ¹⁵ Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?”