To return into the land of the Philistines. —No doubt David and his officers rejoiced at their escaping the terrible alternative o…

So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning ,
&c.] Being as willing and ready to go as the Philistin…

David rarely had a greater deliverance than when he was dismissed from such ensnaring service. God's people should always behave in such a way as, …