2 On the third day , behold , a man came out of the camp from Saul , with his clothes torn and [1]dust on his head . And it came about when he came to David that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.
The blow which opened David's way to the throne was given about the time he had been sorely distressed. Those who commit their concerns to the Lord, will quietly abide his will. It shows that he desired not Saul's death, and he was not impatient to come to the throne.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:2
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:1-10
(Read 2 Samuel 1:1-10)
The blow which opened David's way to the throne was given about the time he had been sorely distressed. Those who commit their concerns to the Lord, will quietly abide his will. It shows that he desired not Saul's death, and he was not impatient to come to the throne.