to let spit drool down his beard is not a plan that has gone well! David’s actions are, of course, a commentary on his own state of mind: his actions had been crazy, and now it was appropriate that he acted that way. Roger Ellsworth comments: “The man who stood calmly before Goliath because he was possessed with faith now acts like a maniac because he is possessed with fear.”5 We also remember Saul’s madness, and we see that by joining Saul on the path of unbelief and sin, David was starting to resemble