1 Samuel 24:5
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי דָוִד אֵלָיו הִנֵּה הַיּוֹם אֲֽשֶׁר ־ אָמַר יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי נֹתֵן אֶת ־ איביך בְּיָדֶךָ וְעָשִׂיתָ לּוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁר יִטַב בְּעֵינֶיךָ וַיָּקָם דָּוִד וַיִּכְרֹת אֶת ־ כְּנַֽף ־ הַמְּעִיל אֲשֶׁר ־ לְשָׁאוּל בַּלָּֽט ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:8וַיֹּאמֶר אֲבִישַׁי אֶל ־ דָּוִד סִגַּר אֱלֹהִים הַיּוֹם אֶת ־ אוֹיִבְךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וְעַתָּה אַכֶּנּוּ נָא בַּחֲנִית וּבָאָרֶץ פַּעַם אַחַת וְלֹא אֶשְׁנֶה לֽוֹ ׃
2 Samuel 24:10וַיַּךְ לֵב ־ דָּוִד אֹתוֹ אַחֲרֵי ־ כֵן סָפַר אֶת ־ הָעָם ס וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל ־ יְהוָה חָטָאתִי מְאֹד אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי וְעַתָּה יְהוָה הַֽעֲבֶר ־ נָא אֶת ־ עֲוֺן עַבְדְּךָ כִּי נִסְכַּלְתִּי מְאֹֽד ׃
Psalms 59:11אֱלֹהֵי חסדו יְקַדְּמֵנִי אֱלֹהִים יַרְאֵנִי בְשֹׁרְרָֽי ׃
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 →