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13 And he changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be insane in their [Philistine] hands, and scribbled on the gate doors, and drooled on his beard.

14 Then said Achish to his servants, You see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me?

15 Have I need of madmen, that you bring this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house?

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13 So he pretended to be insane(A) in their presence; and while he was in their hands he acted like a madman, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting saliva run down his beard.

14 Achish said to his servants, “Look at the man! He is insane! Why bring him to me? 15 Am I so short of madmen that you have to bring this fellow here to carry on like this in front of me? Must this man come into my house?”

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