1 Samuel 24:1

1 Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given him that David was in the waste land of En-gedi.

1 Samuel 24:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 24:1

And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the
Philistines
Having, as it should seem, got the victory over them, and driven them out of his country, and pursued them to their own:

that it was told him, saying, behold, David [is] in the wilderness of
Engedi;
in the strong holds of it, the high rocks and mountains in it, ( 1 Samuel 23:29 ) .

1 Samuel 24:1 In-Context

1 Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given him that David was in the waste land of En-gedi.

2 Then Saul took three thousand of the best men out of all Israel, and went in search of David and his men on the rocks of the mountain goats.

3 And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.

4 And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge.

5 And later, David was full of regret for cutting off Saul's skirt.