1Samuel:24:9-22

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* And David said to Saul , Wherefore hearest thou men 's words , saying , Behold , David seeketh thy hurt ? * Behold , this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave : and some bade me kill thee : but mine eye spared thee ; and I said , I will not put forth mine hand against my lord ; for he is the LORD 'S anointed . * Moreover , my father , see , yea , see the skirt of thy robe in my hand : for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe , and killed thee not , know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand , and I have not sinned against thee ; yet thou huntest my soul to take it . * The LORD judge between me and thee , and the LORD avenge me of thee : but mine hand shall not be upon thee . * As saith the proverb of the ancients , Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked : but mine hand shall not be upon thee . * After whom is the king of Israel come out ? after whom dost thou pursue ? after a dead dog , after a flea . * The LORD therefore be judge , and judge between me and thee , and see , and plead my cause , and deliver me out of thine hand . * And it came to pass , when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul , that Saul said , Is this thy voice , my son David ? And Saul lifted up his voice , and wept . * And he said to David , Thou art more righteous than I : for thou hast rewarded me good , whereas I have rewarded thee evil . * And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me : forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand , thou killedst me not . * For if a man find his enemy , will he let him go well away ? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day . * And now , behold , I know well that thou shalt surely be king , and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand . * Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD , that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me , and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father 's house . * And David sware unto Saul . And Saul went home ; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold .

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