1. 2 Samuel 1:1 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What was David busy doing during the time of Saul’s battle?

2 Samuel 1:1 (ESV)

1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag.

While Saul was fighting against the Philistines (1 Samuel 31:1–13), David was busy fighting against the Amalekites to rescue his wives and those of his men (1 Samuel 30:1–31).1 David was thus not involved in the death of Saul in any way.