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11 And the servants of A′chish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances,

    ‘Saul has slain his thousands,
    and David his ten thousands’?”

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.

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