1 Samuel 24:5
Afterward David's heart afflicted him because he had cut a corner off Saul's robe.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 26:8Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has put your enemy into your hand. Now please let me pin him to the ground with the spear with just one blow. I will not strike him a second time.”
2 Samuel 24:10Then David's heart afflicted him after he had counted the men. So he said to Yahweh, “I have greatly sinned by doing this. Now, Yahweh, take away your servant's guilt, for I have acted very foolishly.”
Psalms 59:11Do not kill them, or my people will forget. 1 Scatter them by your power and make them fall, Lord our shield. 1
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:2-9
David Spares Saul in the Cave. ( b. c. 1057.) 1 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi. 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. 4 And the men of David said unto… Read the whole commentary →