“Look David,” his men whispered to him. “God has blessed you again. Now is your chance to kill Saul! D avid shook his head. He told them, “No one kills God’s choice of king!”
Then he crawled down the cave, toward Saul. Very quietly, he cut a corner off Saul’s robe. Then he crept back to his hiding place. The moment he was back with his men, David felt very sorry for what he had done. He had not wanted to harm Saul. “I should never even have cut off this corner of his robe.”
So Saul got up and left the cave. Once he was outside, though, David came running after him. He fell on the ground. “My lord the king!” he called out. Saul swirled around in surprise. David held up the cloth. “Look, I cut off this corner of your robe. God gave you into my hands while you were in the cave. But I didn’t hurt you! I even kept my own men from hurting you. Now will you believe I’m not your enemy? Why do you chase me like this? I’ve done nothing wrong! “Saul saw that David could have killed him if he had wanted to. “A man does not let his enemy escape as easily as you have. I believe you, David.”
