John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:15
And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life ,.... Either he saw him with his bodily eyes from the top of the mountain where he was, 1 Samuel 23:14 ; or he perceived, he understood by information given him by his friends, it may be by Jonathan, or by spies he sent to observe his motions: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood ; where he and his men could hide themselves among the trees in it; sometimes he was in a mountain in this wilderness, and sometimes in a... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 23:14-18
Here is, I. David absconding. He abode in a wilderness, in a mountain (1 Sam. 23:14), in a wood, 1 Sam. 23:15. We must here, 1. Commend his eminent virtues, his humility, modesty, fidelity to his prince, and patient attendance on the providence of his God, that he did not draw up his forces against Saul, fight him in the field, or surprise him by some stratagem or other, and so avenge his own quarrel and that of the Lord's priests upon him, and put an end to his own troubles and the calamities... read more