(3) Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day? (4) And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? (5) Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
Reader! do not fail to observe, how God opened a door of escape for David. Surely it was God's superintendance over him; that prompted the minds of the Philistine princes thus to reason, and thus to insist upon his departure. The Lord hath the hearts of all men at his disposal, and like rivers of waters, turneth them whithersoever he pleaseth; Proverbs 21:1. It is very sweet and precious to eye God's hand in all our concerns.