Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 24:5
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Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
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And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
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Afterward, David’s heart struck him because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
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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 24
3 Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
4 So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up and stealthily cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
5 Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
6 So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
7 With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
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