1 Samuel 21:15

KJV

Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

— 1 Samuel 21:15, King James Version
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1 Samuel 21:15, King James Version.

Context

This verse from 1 Samuel Chapter 21 connects to 0 cross-references. David comes to the priest Ahimelech at Nob and obtains consecrated showbread by claiming his men are ritually clean; he also obtains Goliath's sword. He flees to the Philistine city of Gath, where he is recognized and feigns madness by …

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Other Translations

ASV

Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?

YLT

A lack of madmen <FI>have<Fi> I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?'

BBE

Are there not enough unbalanced men about me, that you have let this person come and do such tricks before me? is such a man to come into my house?