1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 Samuel 29:4 Although Achish of Gath trusted David, the other Philistine commanders mistrusted him. They feared that he would seek to regain the favor of Saul (his lord) by betraying the Philistines and presenting him with the heads of the men here (probably meaning “our heads”). One can see the hand of the Lord working even through the Philistine commanders to keep David from fighting the Lord’s people, which he had managed to avoid doing so far. That would probably have prevented him from being accepted by Israel as king.

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