David Pretends Madness at the Gate of Gathby emmanuel_higgins

1 Samuel 21:14

Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?

David was detained in Gath and in danger there when he feigned madness as a means of escape. His pretense went so far as acting as though insane while held there, even letting spittle run down his beard. Achish judged him to be mad and demanded of his servants why they had brought such a man to him. It was under the leading of the Spirit of God that David acted in this way.