1 Samuel 26-28

It took me about 10 minutes to read this passage. David was given a second opportunity to act according to the desires of his flesh and take king Saul's life. That death may have ended David's contuniual hiding in the wilderness. But David refused such an act. In 26:23 David made a confession of God's position of ultimate authority; only God has the right to determine what happens to each of us. Only God will judge us with regard to eternity. Saul's confession of sin against David was noteworthy, but in pactice it meant nothing. He refused to drop his obsession with David until David fled to hide in the heart of the Philistines. Only then did Saul give up his pursuit.
Stuart