1st Samuel Chapter 24 verse 5 Holy Bible
And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
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And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge.
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And it came to pass afterwards that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
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And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
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And the men of David said to him, Behold the day of which the LORD said to thee, Behold, I will deliver thy enemy into thy hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good to thee. Then David arose, and privately cut off the skirt of Saul's robe.
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It happened afterward, that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
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And it cometh to pass afterwards that the heart of David smiteth him, because that he hath cut off the skirt which `is' on Saul,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) David's heart smote him.--Not for what he had done to Saul, but his conscience smote him for the momentary thought that had stained his soul of slaying the Lord's Anointed. This is better than with Clericus to say, "David was afraid that Saul would take this, though a clear sign of his [David's] magnanimity, in bad part, and regard it as a violation of his royal majesty." There is no sign at all of David's even regretting he had cut off the fringe of the king's garment. It was the far more terrible thought of slaying the God-anointed king which troubled David. The words of the next verse show us clearly what was passing in his mind when he gravely rebuked his men, and evidently restrained them, with some little trouble, from rushing upon Saul, even after he had left the sleeping form, with the piece of the mantle in his hand. The Hebrew word rendered "stayed" is a forcible one, and, literally, would be crushed down. There is a curious Note, however, in the Babylonian Talmud on this passage in the Book of Samuel which tells how David cut off a piece of Saul's robe, in which the act is evidently very strongly condemned. Rabbi Yosi ben Rabbi chanina on the words, "Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily," said, "Whoever treats clothes slightingly will at last derive no benefit from them, for it is said (1Kings 1:1), 'And they covered him [David] with clothes, but he gat no heat.'"--Treatise Berachoth, fol. 62, Colossians 2.This is evidently one of the "cryptographs," of which there are such innumerable instances in the Talmud. The lesson intended to be taught by the famous Rabbi was probably intense reverence for the teachers and guides of Israel, here represented by Saul; any act of disrespect shown to one of these, even by injuring the clothes they wore, would be punished by God sooner or later.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAfterward,אַֽחֲרֵי־ (’a·ḥă·rê-)PrepositionStrong's 310: The hind or following partDavid’sדָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesseconscienceלֵב־ (lêḇ-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centrewas strickenוַיַּ֥ךְ (way·yaḵ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5221: To strikebecauseעַ֚ל (‘al)PrepositionStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againsthe had cut offכָּרַ֔ת (kā·raṯ)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenantthe cornerכָּנָ֖ף (kā·nāp̄)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacleof Saul’s robe.לְשָׁאֽוּל׃ (lə·šā·’ūl)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two IsraelitesJump to PreviousAfterward Afterwards Bothered Conscience Corner Cut Cutting David David's Edge Heart Regret Robe Saul Saul's Skirt Smiteth Smote Struck
