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...afraid of Achish, the King of Gath. And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad hi their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on hb beard." He probably pretended to be attacked with epileptic fits. In fact, after due examination,...

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...David • laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And /ho And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi [i. . •....Almighty hath /dealt very bitterly 21 with me. I we 14 his beard. Then said Achish unto hia servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: 15 wherefore then have...

...12 And David ° laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 merican Bible Society Bher, but God : and he hath made me ea father to Pharaoh, and II scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said Achish...

...David ° laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And phe was circumBC 1898. vv ' s Acts 7. 8. thy seed after thee ; s Every man child II scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said Achish...

...care and direction of God, yet notwithstanding, " changed his behaviour" when before the KING ; he " feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled...gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard." Vide, 1 Samuel xxi., 13, 14. I myself was perfectly sensible of all I did and said. David had his instructions...

...ill-will. David then fled to Achish, King of Gath, where he was obliged to feign madness, and ' scrab' bled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down ' upon his beard.' ( 1 Sam. xxi.). David then escaped to the cave of Adullam, near Bethlehem, where he obtained 400 followers....

...as boys often do with chalk on a wall or gate. A very old word, occurring in the Old Testament. He feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled * on the doors of the gate. 1 Sam. xxi. 13. * In the margin of our Bibles explained made marks. SCRABBLE ON. To contend against...

...behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad eir hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and ^^^ spittle fall down upon his beard. Then said Achish unto his servants, So, ye see the man is mad — Wherefore then have ye brought him to me?" Now the law says, Lie not...