1 Samuel 24:5
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart stroke him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
Updated King James Version
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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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.
2 Samuel 24:10And David's heart stroke him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I plead to you, O LORD, take away the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
Psalms 59:11Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
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 →