24:1 When
Saul
returned
from
following
the
Philistines,
he
was
told,
"Behold,
David
is
in
the
wilderness
of
Engedi."
24:2 Then
Saul
took
three
thousand
chosen
men
out
of
all
Israel
and
went
to
seek
David
and
his
men
in
front
of
the
Wildgoats'
Rocks.
24:3 And
he
came
to
the
sheepfolds
by
the
way,
where
there
was
a
cave,
and
Saul
went
in
to
relieve
himself.
Now
David
and
his
men
were
sitting
in
the
innermost
parts
of
the
cave.
24:4 And
the
men
of
David
said
to
him,
"Here
is
the
day
of
which
the
LORD
said
to
you,
'Behold,
I
will
give
your
enemy
into
your
hand,
and
you
shall
do
to
him
as
it
shall
seem
good
to
you.'"
Then
David
arose
and
stealthily
cut
off
a
corner
of
Saul's
robe.
24:5 And
afterward
David's
heart
struck
him,
because
he
had
cut
off
a
corner
of
Saul's
robe.
24:6 He
said
to
his
men,
"The
LORD
forbid
that
I
should
do
this
thing
to
my
lord,
the
LORD's
anointed,
to
put
out
my
hand
against
him,
seeing
he
is
the
LORD's
anointed."
24:7 So
David
persuaded
his
men
with
these
words
and
did
not
permit
them
to
attack
Saul.
And
Saul
rose
up
and
left
the
cave
and
went
on
his
way.
24:8 Afterward
David
also
arose
and
went
out
of
the
cave,
and
called
after
Saul,
"My
lord
the
king!"
And
when
Saul
looked
behind
him,
David
bowed
with
his
face
to
the
earth
and
paid
homage.
24:9 And
David
said
to
Saul,
"Why
do
you
listen
to
the
words
of
men
who
say,
'Behold,
David
seeks
your
harm'
24:10 Behold,
this
day
your
eyes
have
seen
how
the
LORD
gave
you
today
into
my
hand
in
the
cave.
And
some
told
me
to
kill
you,
but
I
spared
you.
I
said,
'I
will
not
put
out
my
hand
against
my
lord,
for
he
is
the
LORD's
anointed.'
24:11 See,
my
father,
see
the
corner
of
your
robe
in
my
hand.
For
by
the
fact
that
I
cut
off
the
corner
of
your
robe
and
did
not
kill
you,
you
may
know
and
see
that
there
is
no
wrong
or
treason
in
my
hands.
I
have
not
sinned
against
you,
though
you
hunt
my
life
to
take
it.
24:12 May
the
LORD
judge
between
me
and
you,
may
the
LORD
avenge
me
against
you,
but
my
hand
shall
not
be
against
you.
24:13 As
the
proverb
of
the
ancients
says,
'Out
of
the
wicked
comes
wickedness.'
But
my
hand
shall
not
be
against
you.
24:14 After
whom
has
the
king
of
Israel
come
out
After
whom
do
you
pursue
After
a
dead
dog!
After
a
flea!
24:15 May
the
LORD
therefore
be
judge
and
give
sentence
between
me
and
you,
and
see
to
it
and
plead
my
cause
and
deliver
me
from
your
hand."
24:16 As
soon
as
David
had
finished
speaking
these
words
to
Saul,
Saul
said,
"Is
this
your
voice,
my
son
David"
And
Saul
lifted
up
his
voice
and
wept.
24:17 He
said
to
David,
"You
are
more
righteous
than
I,
for
you
have
repaid
me
good,
whereas
I
have
repaid
you
evil.
24:18 And
you
have
declared
this
day
how
you
have
dealt
well
with
me,
in
that
you
did
not
kill
me
when
the
LORD
put
me
into
your
hands.
24:19 For
if
a
man
finds
his
enemy,
will
he
let
him
go
away
safe
So
may
the
LORD
reward
you
with
good
for
what
you
have
done
to
me
this
day.
24:20 And
now,
behold,
I
know
that
you
shall
surely
be
king,
and
that
the
kingdom
of
Israel
shall
be
established
in
your
hand.
24:21 Swear
to
me
therefore
by
the
LORD
that
you
will
not
cut
off
my
offspring
after
me,
and
that
you
will
not
destroy
my
name
out
of
my
father's
house."
24:22 And
David
swore
this
to
Saul.
Then
Saul
went
home,
but
David
and
his
men
went
up
to
the
stronghold.