David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.
"Like Nabal [in 1 Samuel 25:10], Achish seriously underestimates David by regarding him as a servant or slave." [Note: Miscall, p. 165. Cf. Gunn, The Fate . . ., p. 107.] 