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David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand.”
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Verse 1. Hands. God requires that we should act with prudence. D.—David probably consulted the Lord, and sent ambassadors to Achis, before he went into his dominions, ( Menochius.) where he had been in such danger before. D.
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