1 Samuel 24:1-3

Common English Bible

David spares Saul’s life

24 ^[a] Even as Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was informed that David was in the En-gedi wilderness. ² So Saul took three thousand men selected from all Israel and went to look for David and his soldiers near the rocks of the wild goats. ³ He came to the sheep pens beside the road where there was a cave. Saul went into the cave to use the restroom.^[b] Meanwhile, David and his soldiers were sitting in the very back of the cave.