1 Samuel 24:10
Behold, this day yours eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered you to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you: but mine eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.
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9And David said to Saul, Wherefore hear you men's words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt?
Cross References
Leviticus 19:16You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbour; I am the LORD.
1 Samuel 26:8Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered yours enemy into yours hand this day: now therefore let me strike him, I pray you, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not strike him the second time.
Ezekiel 22:9In you are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in you they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of you they commit lewdness.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 24:10-16
David Expostulates with Saul. ( b. c. 1057.) 9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord 's anointed. 11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy… Read the whole commentary →