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1Samuel 24
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David Spares Saul’s Life

24When Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, he was told that David was in the wilderness near Engedi.H7586H7725H310H6430H5046H559H1732H4057H58722Saul took three thousand of the best soldiers in Israel and went looking for David and his men east of Wild Goat Rocks.H7586H3947H7969H505H977H376H3478H3212H1245H1732H582H6440H6697H32773He came to a cave close to some sheep pens by the road and went in to relieve himself. It happened to be the very cave in which David and his men were hiding far back in the cave.H935H1448H6629H1870H4631H7586H935H5526H7272H1732H582H3427H3411H46314They said to him, "This is your chance! The LORD has told you that he would put your enemy in your power and you could do to him whatever you wanted to." David crept over and cut off a piece of Saul's robe without Saul's knowing it.H582H1732H559H3117H3068H559H5414H341H3027H6213H3190H5869H1732H6965H3772H3671H7586H4598H39095But then David's conscience began to hurt,H310H1732H3820H5221H3772H7586H36716and he said to his men, "May the LORD keep me from doing any harm to my master, whom the LORD chose as king! I must not harm him in the least, because he is the king chosen by the LORD!"H559H582H3068H2486H6213H1697H113H3068H4899H7971H3027H4899H30687So David convinced his men that they should not attack Saul. Saul got up, left the cave, and started away.H1732H8156H582H1697H5414H6965H7586H7586H6965H4631H3212H18708Then David went out after him and called to him, "Your Majesty!" Saul turned around, and David bowed down to the ground in respectH1732H6965H3318H4631H7121H310H7586H559H113H4428H7586H5027H310H1732H6915H639H776H78129and said, "Why do you listen to people who say that I am trying to harm you?H1732H559H7586H8085H120H1697H559H1732H1245H745110You can see for yourself that just now in the cave the LORD put you in my power. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I felt sorry for you and said that I would not harm you in the least, because you are the one whom the LORD chose to be king.H3117H5869H7200H3068H5414H3117H3027H4631H559H2026H2347H559H7971H3027H113H3068H489911Look, my father, look at the piece of your robe I am holding! I could have killed you, but instead I only cut this off. This should convince you that I have no thought of rebelling against you or of harming you. You are hunting me down to kill me, even though I have not done you any wrong.H1H7200H7200H3671H4598H3027H3772H3671H4598H2026H3045H7200H7451H6588H3027H2398H6658H5315H394712May the LORD judge which one of us is wrong! May he punish you for your action against me, for I will not harm you in the least.H3068H8199H3068H5358H302713You know the old saying, 'Evil is done only by evil people.' And so I will not harm you.H559H4912H6931H7562H3318H7563H302714Look at what the king of Israel is trying to kill! Look at what he is chasing! A dead dog, a flea!H310H4428H3478H3318H310H7291H310H4191H3611H310H259H655015The LORD will judge, and he will decide which one of us is wrong. May he look into the matter, defend me, and save me from you."H3068H1781H8199H7200H7378H7379H8199H302716When David had finished speaking, Saul said, "Is that really you, David my son?" And he started crying.H1732H3615H1696H1697H7586H7586H559H6963H1121H1732H7586H5375H6963H105817Then he said to David, "You are right, and I am wrong. You have been so good to me, while I have done such wrong to you!H559H1732H6662H1580H2896H1580H745118Today you have shown how good you are to me, because you did not kill me, even though the LORD put me in your power.H5046H3117H6213H2896H3068H5462H3027H202619How often does someone catch an enemy and then let him get away unharmed? The LORD bless you for what you have done to me today!H376H4672H341H7971H2896H1870H3068H7999H2896H6213H311720Now I am sure that you will be king of Israel and that the kingdom will continue under your rule.H3045H4427H4427H4467H3478H6965H302721But promise me in the LORD's name that you will spare my descendants, so that my name and my family's name will not be completely forgotten."H7650H3068H518H3772H2233H310H8045H8034H1H100422David promised that he would. Then Saul went back home, and David and his men went back to their hiding place.H1732H7650H7586H7586H3212H1004H1732H582H5927H4686


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