1 Samuel 24:1

David spares Saul’s life

1 Even as Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was informed that David was in the En-gedi wilderness.

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 Even as Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was informed that David was in the En-gedi wilderness.

2 So Saul took three thousand men selected from all Israel and went to look for David and his soldiers near the rocks of the wild goats.

3 He came to the sheep pens beside the road where there was a cave. Saul went into the cave to use the restroom. Meanwhile, David and his soldiers were sitting in the very back of the cave.

4 David's soldiers said to him, "This is the day the LORD spoke of when he promised you, ‘I will hand your enemy over to you, and you can do to him whatever you think best.'" So David snuck up and cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

5 But immediately David felt horrible that he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

Footnotes

• [a]. 24:2 in Heb