Saul recognised David’s voice and asked, ‘Is that your voice, my son David? ’ ‘It is my voice, my lord and king,’ David said.
When David finished saying these things to him, Saul replied, ‘Is that your voice, David my son? ’ Then Saul wept aloud
After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called to Saul, ‘My lord the king! ’ When Saul looked behind him, David knelt low with his face to the ground and paid homage.
His father recognised it. ‘It is my son’s robe,’ he said. ‘A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has been torn to pieces! ’
and said to David, ‘You are more righteous than I, for you have done what is good to me though I have done what is evil to you.