1 Samuel 24:5-6

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⁵ Afterward David was stricken to the heart because he had cut off a corner of Saul’s cloak.^{(A) 6} He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to raise my hand against him, for he is the Lord’s anointed.”^(B)