Death followed David everywhere. In Keith, the Philistines fled before him. Next David had to run for his own life, (1 Samuel 23:1-29).
When God guided David to the throne, He actually walked him through the valley of the shadow of death, (as a shepherd leads his flock to green pastures over the valley of death) and God’s hand of deliverance was over him even in the valley of death.
His presence in David’s life was more powerful than the ever presented shadow of death, (1 Samuel 23:14).