David’s place was empty.—All took place as the two friends had calculated. Saul’s seat was by the wall—then, as now, in the East t…

David was the son of Jesse, but he was Saul's own son-in-law; yet, out of contempt, the angry king calls him "the son of Jesse."

And the king sat upon his seat as at other times
Upon the seat he usually sat on:

[even] upon a s…

No one was more consistent than David in attending holy duties; nor would he have been absent, except that self-preservation compelled him to withd…