SEV Biblia, Chapter 21:10
¶ Y levantándose David aquel día, huyó de la presencia de Saúl, y se fue a Aquis rey de Gat.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 21:10
Verse 10. Went to Achish the king of Gath.] This was the worst place to which he could have gone: it was the very city of Goliath, whom he had slain, and whose sword he now wore; and he soon found, from the conversation of the servants of Achish, that his life was in the most imminent danger in this place.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul , etc.] He had fled before for fear of him both from his own house, and from Naioth, ( 1 Samuel 19:18 20:1); but now he fled out of the land of Israel, for fear of him; or it may be the reason of his fear and flight on this day was because of Doeg the Edomite, lest he should go directly to Saul, and tell him where he was; and therefore through fear of him would not stay any longer, but the same day he came, he fled: and went to Achish the king of Gath ; Gath, according to Bunting f442 , was twenty four miles from Nob. Achish, the king of it, is called Abimelech in the title of the thirty fourth psalm, (see Psalm 34:1), that name being common to the kings of the Philistines, as Pharaoh was to the kings of Egypt. It may seem strange that David should go into an enemy’s country, and especially to the country of the Philistines, by whom he was mortally hated for the victories he had obtained over them, and the numbers of them he had slain; and particularly that he should go to Gath, the place of Goliath, their champion, whom he had slain, and whose sword he now had with him: but this is to be said for him, that such was the fury of Saul against him, and his resolution to slay him, that he was as safe in an enemy’s country as in the land of Israel; and that if he must die, he might as well die in one place as another; and that he went particularly here, the reason might be, because all other lands were at peace with Saul, and so would have delivered him up to him, had he went elsewhere; but this people were at war with him, and he might hope not to be known by them; and if he was, that they might think it their interest, to detain such a person that was so serviceable to Saul, and so harmful to them; and being Saul’s enemy, they might hope to engage him on their side against him; and besides, he might know that Achish was well disposed towards him, as he seems to be, and might like him never the worse for cutting off Goliath’s head, who might not be heartily in the interest of Achish. After all, as impolitic as this step of David’s may seems to be, it is what great men have taken in their distress, to go over to their enemies, as Themistocles to the Molossians, and Alcibiades to the Lacedemonians.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-15 - God's persecuted people have often found better usage from Philistine than from Israelites. David had reason to put confidence in Achish, ye he began to be afraid. His conduct was degrading, and discovere wavering in his faith and courage. The more simply we depend on God and obey him, the more comfortably and surely we shall walk throug this troublesome world __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויקם 6965 דוד 1732 ויברח 1272 ביום 3117 ההוא 1931 מפני 6440 שׁאול 7586 ויבא 935 אל 413 אכישׁ 397 מלך 4428 גת׃ 1661
