Saul Acknowledges David's Righteousness

1 Samuel 24:16-22

After David had finished speaking to Sha'ul, Sha'ul said, "Is that your voice, my son David?" Then Sha'ul cried out and wept;

and he said to David, "You are more righteous than I, because you have treated me well, while I have been treating you badly.

You have made it clear to me today that you have done me good; for when ADONAI put my fate in your hands, you didn't kill me.

A man finds his enemy and lets him go unharmed?! May ADONAI reward you well for what you did to me today.

Now I'm certain that you will indeed become king, and that the kingship of Isra'el will be established in your hands.

So swear to me by ADONAI that you will not kill my descendants after I die or blot out my name from my father's family."

David swore to Sha'ul, and Sha'ul went home, but David and his men went back up to the stronghold.