King James Version
1 Samuel 21:12 in the King James Version says “And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.”
1 Samuel 21:12 · KJV
And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. scrabbled: or, made marks
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? is mad: or, playeth the mad man
KJV Study — Public Domain
“laid up”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“these words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“and was sore”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
“of”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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