11. The officers of King Achish were also there, and they asked Achish, “Isn't David a king back in his own country? Don't the Israelites dance and sing,‘Saul has killeda thousand enemies;David has killedten thousand enemies’?”
12. David thought about what they were saying, and it made him afraid of Achish.
13. So in front of everyone, he pretended to be insane. He acted confused and scratched on the doors of the town gate, while drooling in his beard.