When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. The days were not expired;
      4. Even after he was married he continued his good services to Israel. When the princes of the Philistines began to move towards another war David was ready to oppose them, and behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul,1 Samuel 18:30; 1 Samuel 18:30. The law dispensed with men from going to war the first year after they were married (Deuteronomy 24:5), but David loved his country too well to make use of that dispensation. Many that have shown themselves forward to serve the public when they have been in pursuit of preferment have declined it when they have gained their point; but David acted from more generous principles.