This passage is interesting because we see David offering to fight with the Philistines (arch enemies of Israel) against Israel and therefore against his own people. This is the same man who protected Saul because he was 'God's anointed one'. We obviously don't know whether David was planning some kind of coup against the Philistines mid-battle or whether he had got to the point where he was so tired of running away from Saul, he simply enjoyed the security of a foreign land. What we do see is God intervening and simply not letting David do it. This occurs via the other leaders (how does God do it without forcing His will onto them?) and results in David being unconnected with the slaughter of the Israelites.
We finally see Saul and Jonathan killed, interestingly we see Saul attempting to kill himself with his own spear to avoid the shame that he feels in defeat.
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