Tell [it] not in Gath
 One of the five principalities of the Philistines, and the chief of them, being raised to a kingdom, and whose king was at the head of the armies of the Philistines that engaged with Saul. This is not to be understood of a command of David, who could not hinder the victory the Philistines had got over Israel being known at Gath, and talked of with pleasure there, but a wish it had not: 
 publish [it] not in the streets of Ashkelon;
 another of the principalities of the Philistines, and the sense the same as before: 
 lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of
 the uncircumcised triumph;
 it being usual in those times and countries for women, young women more especially, to express their joy, on occasion of victories obtained, by singing and dancing, ( Judges 11:34 ) ( 1 Samuel 18:6 1 Samuel 18:7 ) .