1 Samuel 24:5-7

Common English Bible

⁵ But immediately David felt horrible that he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.^[a]

⁶ “The Lord forbid,” he told his men, “that I should do something like that to my master, the Lord’s anointed, or lift my hand against him, because he’s the Lord’s anointed!” ⁷ So David held his soldiers in check by what he said,^[b] and he wouldn’t allow them to attack Saul. Saul then left the cave and went on his way.