1 Samuel 21:12-14

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

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?