So he disguised his sanity before them, and acted insanely in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down into his beard.Once again, we come to an act which I have a real problem with. Was it God's will that David should lie to the king of Gath? Since he was not an Israelite, was it acceptable for David to deceive him, so save his own skin? Or would God have given him favor if he'd laid out his circumstances to Achish?
Would the old saw "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" overrode any hesitation because of David's fame in battle? A crazy man is of no benefit to a king, as David discovered. But if he'd told the truth, Achish could have found his knowledge useful, both for strategy and tactics against other nations, and his insider knowledge in any diplomacy or trade with Israel that might occur.
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