Tidings - This word is not in the original text. The meaning is, rather, “to bring them to Gath” as captives and slaves. The prisoners taken…

And David saved neither man nor woman. —This verse and the following one (verse 12) give the reason for these atrocious a…

And David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring [tidings]
to Gath
How David has …

While David was in the land of the Philistines, he attacked some remnants of the devoted nations. The people whom he destroyed had long before been…