1 Samuel 27:2

And David arose,.... From the place where he was:

and he passed over; the borders of land of Canaan:

with the six hundred men that were with him; having neither lost any, nor had any added to him,…

David arose, and he passed over - unto Achish - There is not one circumstance in this transaction that is not blameable. David joins the enemies of his God and of his country, acts a most inhuman part…

Here is, I. The prevalency of David's fear, which was the effect of the weakness of his faith (Sa1 27:1): He said to his heart (so it may be read), in his communings with it concerning his present…

Achish, the son of Maoch If he was the same as the Achish of 1Sa 21:10, and the Achish son of Maachah of 1Ki 2:39, he must have reigned some fifty years. But more probably the same name was borne by…