Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand." So David fled to Gath and Saul stopped hunting for him. So, after he says he won't get him twice, he finally gives up. Do you think it was cuz he thought he shouldn't be doing that anyway? Did he think that finding David was the right thing to do? David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.
The NIV. calls this chapter: Saul and the Witch of Endor. When Saul goes out to battle against the Philistines, he was afraid. He asked God for help, but God didnt' answer. I would be scared too. So he calls a witch to bring Samuel back for a while. Saul Asked Samuel and Samuel said that the kindom was torn from him. He and his sons would die and David would take his place. And this was punishment for not dealing with the Amalikites. The woman and his men urged him to eat and he did. The woman had a fattened calf at the house, which she butchered at once. She took some flour, kneaded it and baked bread without yeast. Then she set it before Saul and his men, and they ate. That same night they got up and left.