1 Samuel 24:4

New Century Version

The men said to David, “Today is the day the Lord spoke of when he said, ‘I will give your enemy over to you. Do anything you want with him.’ ” Then David crept up to Saul and quietly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:8

When they arrived at Hebron, they gave his head to David and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy. He tried to kill you! Today the Lord has paid back Saul and his family for what they did to you!”

Job 31:31

The servants of my house have always said, ‘All have eaten what they want of Job’s food.’

Psalm 142:1

I cry out to the Lord; I pray to the Lord for mercy.

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful to me, God; be merciful to me because I come to you for protection. Let me hide under the shadow of your wings until the trouble has passed.

Exodus 21:13

But if a person kills someone accidentally, God allowed that to happen, so the person must go to a place I will choose.

1 Samuel 22:1

David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and other relatives heard that he was there, they went to see him.

1 Samuel 23:17

Jonathan told him, “Don’t be afraid, because my father won’t touch you. You will be king of Israel, and I will be second to you. Even my father Saul knows this.”

1 Samuel 23:7

Someone told Saul that David was now at Keilah. Saul said, “God has handed David over to me! He has trapped himself, because he has entered a town with gates and bars.”

1 Samuel 24:10

You have seen something with your own eyes today. The Lord put you in my power in the cave. They said I should kill you, but I was merciful. I said, ‘I won’t harm my master, because he is the Lord’s appointed king.’

1 Samuel 24:18

You told me what good things you did. The Lord handed me over to you, but you did not kill me.

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord rewards us for the things we do right and for our loyalty to him. The Lord handed you over to me today, but I wouldn’t harm the Lord’s appointed king.