26:1
We have another incident where David spares Saul’s life. Because we have an earlier account (1 Samuel 24) of David sparing Saul’s life, there are some who try to argue that this is a retelling of the same incident. You always get this, e.g. with the feeding of the 5000 and 4000, the two times when Jesus cleared the temple. These ideas are ludicrous, ignoring the clear differences in the two occasions. The Ziphites have informed Saul of David’s whereabouts. What we have in the incident is a contrast between David the man of faith, and Saul the ship tossed about by the waves, having no anchor in life.
26:2-4
Saul has quickly forgotten the things he said to David at the end of 1 Samuel 24, as he gathers his troops to go in pursuit of David. So Saul arrives at the place that David is at, and David learns of Saul’s presence. David sends out scouts or spies to see what Saul is up to.
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