Is not this David, of whom they sing to one another in dances, ‘Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his ten thousands’?”
Here is, I. The great strait that David was in, which we may suppose he himself was aware of, though we read not of his asking advice from God, nor of any project of his own to get clear of it. The two armies of the Philistines and the Israelites were encamped and ready to engage, Sa1 29:1.
Commenting on 1 Samuel 29:1-5
Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances,.... Long ago: saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands; so that he is an old sworn enemy of ours; and the more valiant and victorious he has been, the less is he to be trusted, see Sa1 18:7.
1Sa 29:5 To justify their suspicion, the princes reminded him of their song with which the women in Israel had celebrated David’s victory over Goliath (1Sa 18:7). After this declaration on the part of the princes, Achish was obliged to send David back.