1 Samuel 24:5
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 secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Afterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
- KJV
- And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
- WEB
- Afterward, David’s heart struck him because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
- ASV
- And it came to pass afterward, that David`s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul`s skirt.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass afterwards that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
- BLB
- And it came to pass after thus, that the heart of David troubled him, upon that he had cut off the skirt that [was] on Saul.
- ÅB
- Men deretter slo samvittigheten David, fordi han hadde skåret av fliken på Sauls kappe.
- OTB
- Men etterpå følte David ingen glede over å ha skåret av kanten på Sauls kappe.
- B1930
- Men derefter slo samvittigheten David, fordi han hadde skåret av fliken på Sauls kappe.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 24:10
After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
Read in context2 Samuel 12:9
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Read in context1 John 3:20–21
Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.
Read in context2 Kings 22:19
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
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