David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
"Is not this David the king of the land?"  (1 Samuel 21:11).  The superscriptions of  Psalms 34;  Psalms 52; and  Psalms 56 are founded upon events in this chapter.  The recognition of David by the Philistines, and their reference to him as "the king of the land" is not, as some critics declare, the result of some naive `editor' putting an inaccurate historical statement into the Bible.  As Willis explained, "The servants of Achish recognized David and assumed that he was king of Israel on the basis of that song sung by the women of Israel  (1 Samuel 18:7)."[18]