1 Samuel 21:10

And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul,.... He had fled before for fear of him both from his own house, and from Naioth, Sa1 19:18; but now he fled out of the land of Israel, for fear of…

Achish king of Gath - It appears from the title that Ps. 34 was composed on this occasion. (See the note there.) Nothing can give a more lively impression of the straits to which David was reduced…

Went to Achish the king of Gath - This was the worst place to which he could have gone: it was the very city of Goliath, whom he had slain, and whose sword he now wore; and he soon found, from the…

David, though king elect, is here an exile - designed to be master of vast treasures, yet just now begging his bread - anointed to the crown, and yet here forced to flee from his country. Thus do…

David's flight to Gath

10. and went to Achish In the extremity of peril, David was driven to take refuge among Saul's bitterest enemies, and offer himself as a servant to Achish (1Sa 21:21). He hoped…