1 Samuel 24:4

Good News Translation

They said to him, “This is your chance! The Lord has told you that he would put your enemy in your power and you could do to him whatever you wanted to.” David crept over and cut off a piece of Saul's robe without Saul's knowing it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:8

They presented the head to King David at Hebron and said to him, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul, who tried to kill you. Today the Lord has allowed Your Majesty to take revenge on Saul and his descendants.”

Job 31:31

All those who work for me know that I have always welcomed strangers.

Psalm 142:1

I call to the Lord for help; I plead with him.

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful, because I come to you for safety. In the shadow of your wings I find protection until the raging storms are over.

Exodus 21:13

But if it was an accident and he did not mean to kill him, he can escape to a place which I will choose for you, and there he will be safe.

1 Samuel 22:1

David fled from the city of Gath and went to a cave near the town of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of the family heard that he was there, they joined him.

1 Samuel 23:17

saying to him, “Don't be afraid. My father Saul won't be able to harm you. He knows very well that you are the one who will be the king of Israel and that I will be next in rank to you.”

1 Samuel 23:7

Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, “God has put him in my power. David has trapped himself by going into a walled town with fortified gates.”

1 Samuel 24:10

You can see for yourself that just now in the cave the Lord put you in my power. Some of my men told me to kill you, but I felt sorry for you and said that I would not harm you in the least, because you are the one whom the Lord chose to be king.

1 Samuel 24:18

Today you have shown how good you are to me, because you did not kill me, even though the Lord put me in your power.

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord rewards those who are faithful and righteous. Today he put you in my power, but I did not harm you, whom the Lord made king.