And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men [a]who say, ‘Behold, David is seeking [b]to harm you’? 10 (A)Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord had handed you over to me today in the cave, and (B)someone said to kill you, but [c]I spared you; and I said, ‘I will not reach out with my hand against my lord, because he is the Lords anointed.’ 11 So, (C)my father, look! Indeed, look at the edge of your robe in my hand! For by the fact that I cut off the edge of your robe but did not kill you, know and understand that there is no evil or [d]rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you (D)are lying in wait for my life, to take it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 24:9 Lit saying
  2. 1 Samuel 24:9 Lit your harm
  3. 1 Samuel 24:10 As in ancient versions; MT, my eye had pity on
  4. 1 Samuel 24:11 Lit offense

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