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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 Samuel 24</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//1_samuel/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/1_samuel/">1 Samuel</a> > 1 Samuel 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/23.htm" title="1 Samuel 23">◄</a> 1 Samuel 24 <a href="../1_samuel/25.htm" title="1 Samuel 25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/1_samuel/24.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/24.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_samuel/24.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/24.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/24.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/24.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/24.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">David Spares Saul<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.” <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So 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. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So 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.’<span class="thinq"> </span>” <p class="reg"> Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So 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.” <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>With 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. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” <p class="reg"> When Saul looked behind him, David bowed facedown in reverence <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Look, David intends to harm you’? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Behold, 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.’ <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>See, 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. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea? <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>May 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.” <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">David’s Oath to Saul<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When David had finished saying these things, Saul called back, “Is that your voice, David my son?” <p class="reg"> Then Saul wept aloud <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And 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. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>When 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. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now I know for sure that you will be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So 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.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>cover his feet</i><span class="thin"> </span>, a euphemism for relieving oneself<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>licensing</a> available. 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