1 Samuel 24:5

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3 So he came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave; and ^aSaul went in to ^battend to his needs. (^cDavid and his men were staying in the recesses of the cave.)

4 ^aThen the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’ ” And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

5 Now it happened afterward that ^aDavid’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe.

6 And he said to his men, ^a“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.”

7 So David ^arestrained his servants with these words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul got up from the cave and went on his way.

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1 Samuel 24:5

David' s heart smote him - He thought the action inconsistent with the respect which he owed to the king.

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