1 Samuel 24:4

Modern English Version

The men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I am giving your enemy into your hand. You may do with him as seems good in your eyes.’ ” Then David arose and secretly cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:8

They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. This day, the Lord has given retribution against Saul and his descendent to my lord the king.”

Job 31:31

if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there who has not been satisfied with his meat?’

Psalm 142:1

I cry out to the Lord with my voice; with my voice to the Lord do I make my supplication.

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For in You my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of Your wings will I take refuge, until these calamities pass by.

Exodus 21:13

However, if it was not premeditated, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place where he may flee.

1 Samuel 22:1

David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down to him there.

1 Samuel 23:17

He said to him, “Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father will not find you. You will be king over Israel, and I will be next to you. Saul my father knows this.”

1 Samuel 23:7

Now it was reported to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”

1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave. So that some said to kill you, but my eye had compassion on you. And I said, ‘I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is anointed of the Lord.’

1 Samuel 24:18

And you have shown today that you have dealt well with me, when the Lord delivered me into your hand and you did not kill me.

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord requites to every man his right conduct and loyalty. So the Lord gave you into my hand today, but I am not willing to stretch my hand against the Lord’s anointed.