David was the most skillful and experienced fighter and could have been useful to Saul in utterly destroying the Philistines, but because of Saul’s selfishness and envy, Saul would not use David to accomplish this but instead persecuted David. Because Saul wanted to do away with him, David was forced to flee to the country that was Israel’s greatest enemy.

Some MSS read, Have you not; others, Where have you.