1 Samuel 24:4-7

4David's men said to him, ‘This is the day that the Lord told you about! The Lord said to you, “I will give your enemy to you. Then you can decide what is the right thing to do to him.” ’ So David stood up very quietly. He went and he cut off a small piece of cloth from Saul's coat. Saul did not know what had happened.

5After that, David thought that he had done something wrong. He felt sorry that he had cut a piece of cloth from Saul's coat.

6David said to his men, ‘I ask the Lord to stop me doing anything wrong to my master. The Lord has chosen him to be Israel's king. I must never do anything to hurt him. He is the king that the Lord has chosen.’

7David spoke like this to stop his men from attacking Saul. Then Saul left the cave and he started to travel along the road.