9 The priest said, "The sword of Goliath, the Philistine you killed in the Elah Valley, is here wrapped in a cloth behind a priestly vest. If you want it, take it, because there are no other swords here."David said, "No sword is as good as that one! Give it to me!"
10 So David got up and continued running from Saul. He went to Achish, Gath’s king.
11 Achish’s servants said to him, "Isn’t that David, king of the land? He’s the one people sing about in their dances,‘Saul has killed his thousands,but David has killed his tens of thousands!’"
12 David took these words very seriously and became very frightened of Achish, Gath’s king.
13 So he changed the way he acted with them, pretending to be insane while he was with them. He scratched marks on the doors of the city gates and let spit run down his chin.
14 "Can’t you see he’s crazy?" Achish asked his servants. "Why bring him to me?
15 Am I short on insane people that you’ve brought this person to go crazy right in front of me? Do you really think I’m going to let this man enter my house?"