V.1-6 David, the anointed king, is rejected just as the Lord Jesus was rejected by those who ought to have received and honored Him. So when David comes to the priest and asks for food, he is given the hallowed bread that had been on the table of showbread! The Lord Jesus Himself speaks of this in Matthew 12:3-4. He, like David, was a rejected, though anointed, King. This is telling us that the “former things are passed away” (Rev. 21:4). So when the Lord was rejected, the eating of the holy bread was no longer an offense in God’s sight.
V.10-15 Now David is so afraid that he goes to the Philistines, the enemies of Israel, to find shelter. Here David fails to be a type of Christ. He acts like a man of the world.
V.13 If we ever turn our eyes from the Lord, and fail to trust fully in Him, it is surprising how foolish we can act (Rom. 8:31).