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1 Samuel 24:5
5But then David’s conscience began bothering him because he had cut Saul’s robe.
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
3At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding farther back in that very cave! 4“Now’s your opportunity!” David’s men whispered to him. “Today the Lord is telling you, ‘I will certainly put your enemy into your power, to do with as you wish.’” So David crept forward and cut off a piece of the hem of Saul’s robe. But then David’s conscience began bothering him because he had cut Saul’s robe. 6He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this to my lord the king. I shouldn’t attack the Lord’s anointed one, for the Lord himself has chosen him.” 7So David restrained his men and did not let them kill Saul. After Saul had left the cave and gone on his way,
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וַֽיְהִי֙ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיַּ֥ךְ לֵב־דָּוִ֖ד אֹת֑וֹ עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּרַ֔ת אֶת־כָּנָ֖ף אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 24:5
- 2 Samuel 12:9Why, then, have you despised the word of the Lord and done this horrible deed? For you have murdered Uriah the Hittite with the sword of the Ammonites and stolen his wife.
- 2 Samuel 24:10But after he had taken the census, David’s conscience began to bother him. And he said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by taking this census. Please forgive my guilt, Lord, for doing this foolish thing.”
- 2 Kings 22:19You were sorry and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I said against this city and its people—that this land would be cursed and become desolate. You tore your clothing in despair and wept before me in repentance. And I have indeed heard you, says the Lord.
- 1 John 3:20Even if we feel guilty, God is greater than our feelings, and he knows everything.
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
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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
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