1 Samuel 24:3-7 ▼

3 When he came to the sheepfolds along the way, he found a cave, which he entered to relieve himself. David and his men were occupying the inmost recesses of the cave.

4 David’s servants said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you: I will deliver your enemy into your hand; do with him as you see fit.” So David moved up and stealthily cut off an end of Saul’s robe.

5 Afterward, however, David regretted that he had cut off an end of Saul’s robe.

6 He said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed, to lay a hand on him, for he is the LORD’s anointed.”

7 With these words David restrained his men and would not permit them to attack Saul. Saul then left the cave and went on his way.