(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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1 Samuel 26:13–20, “Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’S anointed. And now see where the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.”
David was willing to trust the Lord to keep His promised and wasn’t going to force the Lord’s hand. He was determined to show Saul that he was a loyal and faithful servant, who didn’t deserve to be executed for any kind of treason. David went away from Saul and his men and climbed up onto a hill side. David called out to Abner, the king’s senior general, and confronted him with the fact that he hadn’t protected the king even though this was his first responsibility. Abner called out and asked who was shouting to the king. Saul, recognised David’s voice, after all David had sung for Saul many times and was his former son in law, so he called out to David. David asked Abner to try and find the king’s spear and his water bottle but they weren’t there. In fact, David was able to show Abner that he had both of those items. Even at that stage, David was willing to accept execution if the king could show him that he had actually done something wrong, that he had sinned against the Lord. On the other hand, if some man had poisoned the king against David then David had just shown the king that he was a loyal and obedient servant. Either the king should show David his fault or stop wasting his time chasing David when he had many important things to do as king.
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