Chasing David

¹⁹ The people of Ziph went up to Saul at Gibeah. They said, “David is hiding among us. He’s hiding in places of safety at Horesh. Horesh is south of Jeshimon on the hill of Hakilah. ²⁰ King Saul, come down when it pleases you to come. It will be our duty to hand David over to you.”
²¹ Saul replied, “May the Lord bless you because you were concerned about me. ²² Make sure you are right. Go and check things out again. Find out where David usually goes. Find out who has seen him there. People tell me he’s very tricky. ²³ Find out about all of the hiding places he uses. Come back to me with all of the facts. I’ll go with you. Suppose he’s in the area. Then I’ll track him down among all of the family groups of Judah.”
²⁴ So they started out. They went to Ziph ahead of Saul. David and his men were in the Desert of Maon. Maon is south of Jeshimon in the Arabah Valley. ²⁵ Saul and his men started out to look for David. David was told about it. So he went down to a rock in the Desert of Maon to hide. Saul heard he was there. So he went into the Desert of Maon to chase David.
²⁶ Saul was going along one side of the mountain. David and his men were on the other side. They were hurrying to get away from Saul. Saul and his army were closing in on David and his men. They were about to capture them. ²⁷ Just then a messenger came to Saul. He said, “Come quickly! The Philistines are attacking the land.”
²⁸ So Saul stopped chasing David. He went to fight against the Philistines. That’s why they call that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
²⁹ David left that place. He went and lived in places of safety near En Gedi.

How can a king, Saul with all his resources not track a man down? We see that United states who wanted to track Osama Bin Laden, was successful in the pursuit! A country, a man so powerful would be successful in tracking and killing any man on earth. No matter the difficulty. Like Osama, he had his army, he hid and hid and hid. But eventually, he was found and killed. What more about Saul, Saul a king was able to do anything he pleases, wielding God's power. Everything, he could kill priests, do anything he wants, but. But kill David. Because God's presence is with David. He could not even touch David. David fellow shipped so closely with God!He have God's protection. We see in this paragraph and verses that Saul's priority to kill David was high, just below his desire to kill philistines. It really shows Saul's heart and his desire for power, to retain the power of his throne. He forgot about God, that God gave him the power, it is God who anointed him to be king. he forgot that and worshipped power instead. He worshipped the creation, instead of the Creator.