1 Samuel 24:8-10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ After that, David got up, went out of the cave, and called to Saul, ‘My lord the king! ’ When Saul looked behind him, David knelt low with his face to the ground and paid homage.^{(A) 9} David said to Saul, ‘Why do you listen to the words of people who say, “Look, David intends to harm you”? ¹⁰ You can see with your own eyes that the Lord handed you over to me today in the cave.^(B) Someone advised me to kill you,^(C) but I^[a][b] took pity on you and said: I won’t lift my hand against my lord, since he is the Lord’s anointed.