Trust

In 1 Samuel 27, we have moved on to the story of David. He had opportunity to kill Saul but would not take the opportunities. So, he finds himself on the run as Saul seems to be very unstable in relation to David and David (rightfully) feels a bit scared. So David goes to live with the Philistines. So he joined up with a Phil named Achish. And David goes out and raids some people (the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites) but he tells Achish that he raids different people. He is playing Achish a bit here to get his trust. When he does his raids, he is careful to kill everyone in the area so none can report back to Achish. And this goes well and Achish trusts him.
But what I thought of in this story is how David must trust his men. He has 600 guys, anyone of whom could tell Achish what was going on, but none do. He had unity and trust in his men and it was well founded.