Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?
Matthew Henry commented on the reason why David elected to go to Nob. "He went there to inquire of the Lord  (1 Samuel 22:10), as he had done formerly  (1 Samuel 5:15)."[5]  The great prophet of the Lord Samuel as well as the prince had proved powerless to protect David.  To whom else could he have gone, except to the Lord?