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David Rebukes Saul

Then David got up, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul: “Your majesty!”[a] Saul looked behind him, and David bowed down with his face to the ground and prostrated himself. Then David told Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of those who say, ‘Look, David is trying to harm you?’ 10 Look, this very day you saw with your own eyes[b] that the Lord gave you into my control in the cave, and one of my men[c] told me to kill you, but I had pity[d] on you and responded, ‘I won’t lift my hand against his majesty because he’s the Lord’s anointed.’

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 24:8 Lit. My lord, O king!
  2. 1 Samuel 24:10 Lit. your eyes saw
  3. 1 Samuel 24:10 Lit. and he
  4. 1 Samuel 24:10 So LXX