Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
Then Achish said to his servants, 'Look, you can see this man is crazy! Why did you bring him to me?'
The writer is showing how David successfully convinced King Achish that he was mentally unstable, making the king want nothing to do with him.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical narrative, David was fleeing for his life from King Saul, who was consumed by jealousy and sought to kill him due to his growing popularity. David arrived in Gath, a Philistine city ruled by King Achish, and pretended to be insane by acting wildly to avoid recognition as a dangerous fugitive. This clever deception highlighted the desperate measures people took in ancient times to survive political and military threats.
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