David Spares Saul’s Life

1 Samuel 24:1-22

Then David went out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. He said to Saul, “Why do you listen when men say, ‘David is bent on harming you’? This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the Lord’s anointed.’ See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. See that there is nothing in my hand to indicate that I am guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion. I have not wronged you, but you are hunting me down to take my life. May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not touch you.

May the Lord reward you well for the way you treated me today. I know that you will surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands. Now swear to me by the Lord that you will not kill off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s family.

So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

Why?

David knew Saul was anointed by the Lord, so David could not kill Saul, even Saul pursued David hardly. Now Saul knew David belonged to the Lord and that he would be king of Israel in the future. So Saul asked David to swear not to kill Saul's descendants or wipe out his name from his father's family.

David is a real gentleman, who won't get an informal way to kill others and respect the anointed man by the Lord. For David fear the Lord.

How?

So we should learn from David doing the right things and obey the commands of the Lord. Fear the Lord and based on the Love, righteousness to do everything.