David flies to Achish, king of Gath, who receives him kindly, and gives him Ziklag to dwell in, where he continues a year and four months, 1Sam 27:1-7. David invades the Geshurites and Amalekites, and leaves neither man nor woman alive, 1Sam 27:8, 1Sam 27:9. He returns to Achish, and pretends that he had been making inroads on the Israelites, and Achish believes it, 1Sam 27:10-12.
Verse 1
I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul - This was a very hasty conclusion: God had so often interposed in behalf of his life, that he was authorized to believe the reverse. God had hitherto confounded all Saul's stratagems, and it was not at all likely that he would now abandon him: there was now no additional reason why he should withdraw from David his helping hand.