1 Samuel 24 (NET)

1 Samuel 24:1¹(24:2) When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “Look, David is in the desert of En Gedi.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 23:28-291 Sam 23:19Ezek 22:9Hos 7:3Prov 25:5Prov 29:12

1 Samuel 24:2²So Saul took 3,000 select men from all Israel and went to find David and his men in the region of the rocks of the mountain goats.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:21 Sam 13:2Ps 104:18Ps 141:6Ps 37:32Ps 38:12

1 Samuel 24:3³He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 3:24Ps 142:1-7Ps 57:1-11Ps 141:6

1 Samuel 24:4⁴David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the Lord said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:8-111 Sam 24:101 Sam 26:231 Sam 25:28-301 Sam 23:171 Sam 23:71 Sam 24:182 Sam 4:8Job 31:31

1 Samuel 24:5⁵Afterward David’s conscience bothered him because he had cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 24:101 John 3:20-212 Kgs 22:192 Sam 12:9

1 Samuel 24:6⁶He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord ’s chosen one, by extending my hand against him. After all, he is the Lord ’s chosen one.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 1:141 Sam 26:9-11Job 31:29-30Rom 12:14-13:21 Kgs 21:31 Thess 5:15Matt 5:44

1 Samuel 24:7⁷David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:44Ps 7:41 Sam 25:33Rom 12:17-21

1 Samuel 24:8⁸Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out to Saul, “My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 25:23-241 Sam 20:411 Sam 26:17Exod 20:12Gen 17:3Rom 13:71 Pet 2:17

1 Samuel 24:9⁹David said to Saul, “Why do you pay attention when men say, ‘David is seeking to do you harm’?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 7:21-22Prov 29:121 Sam 26:19Jas 3:6Lev 19:16Prov 16:28Prov 17:4Prov 18:8Prov 25:23Prov 26:20-22

1 Samuel 24:10¹⁰Today your own eyes see how the Lord delivered you—this very day—into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said, ‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord ’s chosen one.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 24:4Ps 105:151 Sam 26:8-9

1 Samuel 24:11¹¹Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:201 Sam 23:141 Sam 23:231 Sam 26:182 Kgs 5:13John 15:251 Sam 18:27Ezek 13:18Job 10:16Lam 4:18

1 Samuel 24:12¹²May the Lord judge between the two of us, and may the Lord vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 11:27Ps 43:1Ps 35:1Gen 16:51 Pet 2:23Job 5:8Ps 94:1Rom 12:19Ps 7:8-91 Sam 26:10-11

1 Samuel 24:13¹³It’s like the old proverb says: ‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 7:20Matt 7:16-18Matt 12:33-34Matt 15:19

1 Samuel 24:14¹⁴Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:201 Sam 17:432 Sam 9:81 Kgs 21:72 Sam 16:92 Sam 3:8Judg 8:1-32 Sam 6:20

1 Samuel 24:15¹⁵May the Lord be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 43:1Ps 119:154Ps 35:11 Sam 24:12Mic 7:92 Chr 24:22Mic 1:2

1 Samuel 24:16¹⁶When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:17Acts 6:10Gen 33:4Job 6:25Luke 21:15Prov 15:1Prov 25:11

1 Samuel 24:17¹⁷He said to David, “You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:441 Sam 26:21Gen 38:26Rom 12:20-21Exod 9:27Matt 27:4Ps 37:6

1 Samuel 24:18¹⁸You have explained today how you have treated me well. The Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 26:231 Sam 23:121 Sam 23:71 Sam 24:101 Sam 26:8Ps 31:8

1 Samuel 24:19¹⁹Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the Lord repay you with good this day for what you have done to me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 23:211 Sam 26:25Judg 17:2Prov 25:21-22Ps 18:20

1 Samuel 24:20²⁰Now look, I realize that you will in fact be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 23:172 Sam 3:17-18Matt 2:3-61 Sam 13:141 Sam 20:30-31Job 15:25Matt 2:13Matt 2:16

1 Samuel 24:21²¹So now swear to me in the Lord ’s name that you will not kill my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 21:232 Sam 21:6-81 Sam 20:14-17Gen 31:48Gen 31:53Heb 6:16

1 Samuel 24:22²²David promised Saul this on oath. Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 23:29John 2:24Matt 10:16-17Prov 26:24-25