10 So Ahimelech gave it to him, and David left there. He and his men and went to Gath city in the Philistia region, to stay with King Achish. 11 But the officers of King Achish objected to David being there. They said to King Achish, "This man is [RHQ] David, the king of Israel! He is the one [RHQ] whom our enemies, the Israeli people, honored by dancing and singing,
‘Saul has killed thousands of his enemies,
but David has killed tens of thousands of them!’"
12 David heard what those men were saying, so he was afraid of what King Achish might do to him. 13 So he pretended that he was insane. He started scratching on the gates of the city and allowing his saliva to run down his beard.
14 Then King Achish said to his men, "Look at this man! He is acting like an insane man! Why have you brought him to me? 15 Have you brought him because I do not have enough insane men here already [RHQ]? I do not want [RHQ] him to come into my house!"