2 So David and the six hundred men with him left and went over to Achish son of Maok king of Gath.
2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
2 So David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
2 So David left; he and his six hundred men went to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.
2 Then David arose and went over with the six hundred men who were with him to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
2 So David took his 600Â men and went over and joined Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 27:2
Commentary on 1 Samuel 27:1-7
(Read 1 Samuel 27:1-7)
Unbelief is a sin that easily besets even good men, when without are fightings, and within are fears; and it is a hard matter to get over them. Lord, increase our faith! We may blush to think that the word of a Philistine should go further than the word of an Israelite, and that the city of Gath should be a place of refuge for a good man, when the cities of Israel refuse him a safe abode. David gained a comfortable settlement, not only at a distance from Gath, but bordering upon Israel, where he might keep up a correspondence with his own countrymen.