1After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”stylus1 Samuel 23:28, 1 Samuel 23:29, 1 Samuel 23:28, 1 Samuel 23:29, Ezekiel 22:92So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.stylus1 Samuel 26:2, 1 Samuel 26:2, Psalms 37:32, 1 Samuel 13:2, Psalms 104:183Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.stylusJudges 3:24, Judges 3:24, Psalms 142:1, Psalms 142:7, Psalms 57:14So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.stylus1 Samuel 26:8, 1 Samuel 26:11, 1 Samuel 26:23, 1 Samuel 26:8, 1 Samuel 26:115Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.stylus2 Samuel 24:10, 2 Samuel 24:10, 2 Samuel 12:9, 1 John 3:20, 1 John 3:216So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”stylusJob 31:29, Job 31:30, Romans 12:14, Romans 13:2, Job 31:297With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.stylusMatthew 5:44, Psalms 7:4, Matthew 5:44, Psalms 7:4, Romans 12:178After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverencestylus1 Samuel 25:23, 1 Samuel 25:24, 1 Samuel 25:23, 1 Samuel 25:24, 1 Samuel 20:419and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’?stylusProverbs 29:12, Ecclesiastes 7:21, Ecclesiastes 7:22, Proverbs 29:12, Ecclesiastes 7:2110Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’stylus1 Samuel 24:4, Psalms 105:15, 1 Samuel 24:4, Psalms 105:15, 1 Samuel 26:811See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.stylus1 Samuel 26:20, 1 Samuel 26:20, 1 Samuel 23:14, 1 Samuel 23:23, 1 Samuel 23:1412May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.stylusJudges 11:27, Psalms 43:1, Judges 11:27, Psalms 43:1, Psalms 35:113As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.stylusMatthew 7:20, Matthew 7:20, Matthew 7:16, Matthew 7:18, Matthew 7:1614Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?stylus1 Samuel 26:20, 1 Samuel 26:20, 1 Samuel 17:43, 2 Samuel 9:8, 1 Samuel 17:4315May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”stylusPsalms 43:1, Psalms 43:1, Psalms 119:154, Psalms 35:1, Psalms 119:15416When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloudstylus1 Samuel 26:17, 1 Samuel 26:17, Genesis 33:4, Job 6:25, Acts 6:1017and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.stylus1 Samuel 26:21, 1 Samuel 26:21, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 5:44, Romans 12:2018And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.stylus1 Samuel 26:23, 1 Samuel 26:23, Psalms 31:8, 1 Samuel 26:8, 1 Samuel 23:1219When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.stylusProverbs 25:21, Proverbs 25:22, Psalms 18:20, 1 Samuel 26:25, Judges 17:220Now I know for sure that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.stylus1 Samuel 23:17, 1 Samuel 23:17, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:6, 2 Samuel 3:1721So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”stylusGenesis 21:23, Genesis 21:23, 2 Samuel 21:6, 2 Samuel 21:8, 2 Samuel 21:622So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.stylus1 Samuel 23:29, 1 Samuel 23:29, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 10:17, John 2:24