1 Samuel 24:5

1 Samuel 24:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
• New International Version (NIV)Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And afterward David's heart struck him, because he had cut off a corner of Saul's robe.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now it happened afterward that David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe.

Context of 1 Samuel 24:5

3Saul came to the place near the road where the shepherds keep their sheep. There was a cave near to this place. Saul went in there to use it as a toilet. David and his men were hiding at the back of the same cave. 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. After 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.

1 Samuel 24:5 word by word

וַֽיְהִי֙ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיַּ֥ךְ לֵב־דָּוִ֖ד אֹת֑וֹ עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּרַ֔ת אֶת־כָּנָ֖ף אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• that David’sדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• him, because he had cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• Saul’sשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• skirtכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 24:5

• 2 Samuel 12:9But now you have not respected the Lord's command. You have done an evil thing. You caused Uriah the Hittite to die in a battle. You used the Ammonite soldiers to kill Uriah.
• 2 Samuel 24:10David had counted the men who were able to fight in his army. But now he was sorry that he had done it. He said to the Lord, ‘What I have done was a bad sin. Please forgive me, Lord. I have done a foolish thing.’
• 2 Kings 22:19When you heard the message that I had spoken, you were very upset. You made yourself humble to respect me. You tore your clothes and you wept. You did that when you heard how I would punish this place and the people who live here. I said that I would destroy this place so that people would use its name as a curse. Because you became so upset, I have heard your prayer.
• 1 John 3:20Even if our thoughts tell us that we have done something wrong, we still will not be afraid of God. We can trust God more than we trust our thoughts. He already knows everything about us.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 24:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5David‘s heart smote him - He thought the action inconsistent with the respect which he owed to the king.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5David felt guilty because he had dishonored God's anointed king.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. the men of David said ... Behold the day of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand--God had never made any promise of delivering Saul into David's hand; but, from the general and repeated promises of the kingdom to him, they concluded that the king's death was to be effected by taking advantage of some such opportunity as the present. David steadily opposed the urgent instigations of his followers to put an…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 24:5

• Cave
• Conscience
• Heart
• Integrity
• Magnanimity
• Saul
• Self-Control

In the dictionaries

• Apparel
• David
• Reward
• Flea
• Heart
• Samuel, Books of
• Saul

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings