1 Samuel 24:3-11

3And he came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave; and Saul 1went in to 2relieve himself. Now 3David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave. 4Then David’s men said to him, “Behold, 4this is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold; 5I am about to hand your enemy over to you, and you shall do to him as it seems good 6to you.’” Then David got up and cut off the edge of Saul’s robe secretly. 5But it came about afterward that 7David’s 8conscience bothered him because he had cut off the edge of Saul’s robe. 6So he said to his men, “9Far 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, 10left 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, 11David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself. 9And David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men 12who say, ‘Behold, David is seeking 13to harm you’? 1014Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord had handed you over to me today in the cave, and 15someone said to kill you, but 16I spared you; and I said, ‘I will not reach out with my hand against my lord, because he is the Lord’s anointed.’ 11So, 17my father, look! Indeed, look at the edge of your robe in my hand! For by the fact that I cut off the edge of your robe but did not kill you, know and understand that there is no evil or 18rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you 19are lying in wait for my life, to take it.