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

3He came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave. 4The men of David said to him, “Behold, this is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold; I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it seems good to you.’” Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul’s robe secretly. It came about afterward that David’s conscience bothered him because he had cut off the edge of Saul’s robe. 6So he said to his men, “Far be it from me because of the Lord that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the Lord’s anointed.” 7David persuaded his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way.

1 Samuel 24:5 word by word

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

• It cameהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• about afterwardאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• about afterwardכֵּןkên · soH3651
• David’sדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• conscienceלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• botheredנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• him becauseעַל‛al · uponH5921
• him becauseאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• he had cutכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• the edgeכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• of Saul’sשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 24:5

• 2 Samuel 12:9Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
• 2 Samuel 24:10Now David’s heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
• 2 Kings 22:19because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares the Lord.
• 1 John 3:20in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things.

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