in his heart. to himself.
I shall now perish. This lack of faith acted with disastrous results to David. It put him in. false position; shook the People's confidence in him; delayed his own election; and led to divisions in the kingdom.
coast. border.
1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perisha one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.