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Saul Pursues David in the Wilderness
1 Samuel 24:1-7
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After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
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So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
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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.
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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 secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
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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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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.”
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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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