📖WEB · 1 Samuel 24:1

What does 1 Samuel 24:1 mean?

"When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”"

— 1 Samuel 24:1 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”

2

Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.

3

He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were staying in the innermost parts of the cave.

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David’s men said to him, “Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly.

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Biblical perspective

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