David was a man after God’s own heart, and yet he had his faults, which are recorded, not for our imitation, but for our admonition; witness the story of this chapter, in which, though, I.

Here is, I. The prevalency of David’s fear, which was the effect of the weakness of his faith : He said to his heart (so it may be read), in his communings with it concerning his present condition, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul.

Here is an account of David’s actions while he was in the land of the Philistines, a fierce attack he made upon some remains of the devoted nations, his success in it, and the representation he gave of it to Achish. 1.