1 Samuel 21:10-15
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[10] David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. [11] The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'" [12] David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath. [13] He changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard. [14] Then said Achish to his servants, Look, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me? [15] Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageGath was a major Philistine city on the coastal plain, home of Goliath; David fled there from Saul despite having killed Goliath in the Valley of Elah. The Valley of Elah, west of Bethlehem, was the battlefield where David’s victory had displayed the Lord’s deliverance, making his arrival in Gath especially perilous.
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1 Samuel 21:10-15 mentions Gath and Valley of Elah.
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