1 Samuel 21:15

Contextual Overview

¹⁰David fled that day from Saul’s presence and went to King Achish of Gath. ¹⁰ David arose, and fled that day for fear of Sha'ul, and went to Akhish the king of Gat. ¹⁰ And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. ¹⁰ So David got up and fled on that day from the presence of Saul, and he came to Achish the king of Gath. ¹⁰ And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath. ¹⁰ That day David ran away from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath. ¹⁰ So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath. ¹⁰Then David arose and fled from Saul that day, and went to Achish king of Gath. ¹⁰ Then David set out and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath. ¹⁰ And Dauid arose and fled the same day from the presence of Saul, and went to Achish the King of Gath.

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Reciprocal: Psalms 119:161 - Princes

Cross-References

Genesis 21:1
The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken.

Genesis 21:1
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

Genesis 21:1
And Yahweh visited Sarah as he had said. And Yahweh did to Sarah as he had promised.

Genesis 21:1
The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said and did for her what he had promised.

Genesis 21:1
The Lord visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

Genesis 21:1
The LORD graciously remembered and visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for her as He had promised.

Genesis 21:1
Then the LORD took note of Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had promised.

Genesis 21:1
Nowe the Lord visited Sarah, as he had saide, and did vnto her according as he had promised.

Genesis 21:1
Now Yahweh visited Sarah as He had said, and Yahweh did for Sarah as He had promised.

Genesis 21:1
The Lord was good to Sarah and kept his promise.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Have I need of madmen?.... Or fools, do I want them? have not I enough of them already at my court? I want wise men, and not fools and madmen. The Jews say w that the wife and daughter of Achish were mad; that while David was playing the fool and madman without, they were acting the same part within; so that Achish had enough of that sort of diversion, if it was to be reckoned such; as it was according to the taste of some persons, who used, as in later so in earlier times, to keep fools in their houses to make them sport; but Achish had enough of that, and too much, at least needed no more:

that ye have brought this [fellow] to play the madman in my presence? or act the part of a fool before me:

shall this [fellow] come into mine house? court or palace, and have a post there; you need be in no pain about it; he is neither agreeable to me, nor fit for any; and therefore Achish drove him away as a fool or madman, instead of imprisoning him as an enemy, or taking away his life; see the title of the thirty fourth psalm, Psalms 34:1.

w Midrash Tillim apud Abarbinel. in loc.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 21:15. Shall this fellow come into my house? — I will not take into my service a man who is liable to so grievous a disease. Chandler, who vindicates David's feigning himself, mad, concludes thus: "To deceive the deceiver is in many instances meritorious, in none criminal. And what so likely to deceive as the very reverse of that character which they had so misconstrued? He was undone as a wise man, he had a chance to escape as a madman; he tried, and the experiment succeeded." I confess I can neither feel the force nor the morality of this. Deceit and hypocrisy can never be pleasing in the sight of God.