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He came to the sheepfolds beside the road. There was a cave there, and Saul went in to relieve himself.[a] Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses[b] of the cave.

David’s men told him, “Look, today is the day about which the Lord spoke to you when he said,[c] ‘I’ll give your enemy into your hand.’ Do to him whatever you want!”

David rose and stealthily cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 24:3 Lit. to cover his feet
  2. 1 Samuel 24:3 Or in the interior
  3. 1 Samuel 24:4 The Heb. lacks when he said