1 Samuel 24:1-8

11Now 2when Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, 3it was reported to him, saying, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.” 2Then 4Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to search for David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats. 3And he came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave; and Saul 5went in to 6relieve himself. Now 7David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave. 4Then David’s men said to him, “Behold, 8this is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold; 9I am about to hand your enemy over to you, and you shall do to him as it seems good 10to you.’” Then David got up and cut off the edge of Saul’s robe secretly. 5But it came about afterward that 11David’s 12conscience bothered him because he had cut off the edge of Saul’s robe. 6So he said to his men, “13Far be it from me because of the Lord that I would do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to reach out with my hand against him, since he is the Lord’s anointed.” 7And David rebuked his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul got up, 14left the cave, and went on his way.

8Afterward, however, David got up and went out of the cave, and called after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, 15David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself.