When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him.

When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated from his presence and were very afraid.

and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly and they ran away from him.