1 Samuel 24:4

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And the men of David said to him, “Here is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’ ” Then David arose and stealthily cut off the skirt of Saul's robe.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:8

and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.”

Job 31:31

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

Psalm 142:1

I cry with my voice to the Lord, with my voice I make supplication to the Lord,

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in thee my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by.

Exodus 21:13

But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which 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 there to him.

1 Samuel 23:17

And he said to him, “Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; Saul my father also knows this.”

1 Samuel 23:7

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

1 Samuel 24:10

Lo, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave; and some bade me kill you, but I spared you. I said, ‘I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed.’

1 Samuel 24:18

And you have declared this day how you have dealt well with me, in that you did not kill me when the Lord put me into your hands.

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord gave you into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against the Lord's anointed.