Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space [being] between them:
Ver. 13. And stood on the top of a hill afar off.] On a hill, that he might be heard; and afar off, that he might provide for his own safety. Vide hic ut David in omnes formas se transformet ad Saulem placandum, sanandum et salvandum. See here, saith one, a how David turneth himself into all shapes and forms of spirit and of speech for Saul's good; and learn to do accordingly. Be all things to all men to win them to God.
a Illud nimirum sapere est, si ubicunque opus sit animum possis flectere.