But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
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Gill's Exposition
But David went, and returned from Saul,.... Or "from above Saul"; Josephus (u) says, the physicians of Saul advised to get a man to stand , "over his head", and sing psalms and hymns to him; and Saul…
Barnes' Notes
David went ... - “Was gone,” referring to 1Sa 16:19-20. Had he been Saul’s armour-bearer at this time it is highly improbable that he would have left him to feed sheep.
Forty days the two armies lay encamped facing one another, each advantageously posted, but neither forward to engage. Either they were parleying and treating of an accommodation or they were waiting…
Cambridge Bible
David went and returned from Saul From 1Sa 16:21-23 it might have been supposed that David was already permanently resident at Saul's court. This verse however states that he returned home when his…