1 Samuel 24:3

Amplified Bible

³On the way he came to the ^[a]sheepfolds where there was a cave; and Saul went in to ^[b]relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the cave’s innermost recesses.

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 24:3 This was a wall of stones that had been unearthed from the field and stacked on each other as an enclosure for the flocks. The wall probably was built from the mouth of the cave and back.
1 Samuel 24:3 Lit cover his feet, a euphemism for the squatting position that one would take, with the outer robe touching the ground and concealing one’s feet as a result.

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