Command the Raven

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As soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

David’s distress in leaving his true and tried friend Jonathan, the loss of his wife and home with all its comforts, the loss of his relatives, friends, and beloved people of Israel, his country and inheritance, and above all the altars of God, would naturally cause him to exceed in weeping.

David was not a mere boy any more; he was a full grown man, a man of war and as brave and powerful as the best, but he was crushed at the injustice meted out to him [v41].

He set an example of godliness that cannot be surpassed and became a pattern here for all others to imitate.

He could have killed Saul, organized an army of true followers in Israel, divided the kingdom and split the whole nation; but he neither sought power, personal gain, or vengeance in the least degree.

He did not linger to recruit sympathizers. He simply left everything to the providence of God to work out in His time and way.
- Dake A.R. Bible: page 329