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David secretly cuts off the skirt of Saul’s robe in the cave

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1 Samuel 24:1–7: when Saul has returned from following the Philistines, he is told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.” Then Saul takes three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and goes to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats. He comes to the sheep pens by the way, where there is a cave; and Saul goes in to relieve himself. Now David and his men are staying in the innermost parts of the cave. David’s men say to him, “Behold, the day of which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arises and cuts off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly. Afterward, David’s heart strikes him because he had cut off Saul’s skirt. He says to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.” So David checks his men with these words, and doesn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rises up out of the cave, and goes on his way.

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1SA 24:1–7, engwebp
¹When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”
²Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.
³He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were staying in the innermost parts of the cave.
⁴David’s men said to him, “Behold, the day of which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly.
⁵Afterward, David’s heart struck him because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
⁶He said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
⁷So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
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Saul (son of Kish) — Took part in — David secretly cuts off the skirt of Saul’s robe in the cave

Evidence: 1 Samuel 24:1–7
David — Took part in — David secretly cuts off the skirt of Saul’s robe in the cave

Evidence: 1 Samuel 24:1–7

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Current wording: 1 Samuel 24:1–7: when Saul has returned from following the Philistines, he is told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.” Then Saul takes three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and goes to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats. He comes to the sheep pens by the way, where there is a cave; and Saul goes in to relieve himself. Now David and his men are staying in the innermost parts of the cave. David’s men say to him, “Behold, the day of which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arises and cuts off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly. Afterward, David’s heart strikes him because he had cut off Saul’s skirt. He says to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.” So David checks his men with these words, and doesn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rises up out of the cave, and goes on his way.
Cited evidence: 1SA 24:1–7, engwebp
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