David and his men run from Saul through Israel and a lot of different foreign places, and Saul pursued them. Finally in some mountains, Saul went to relieve himself in a cave and he just happened to enter one that David and his men were hiding in. David was able to get so close to Saul that he clipped off a bit of Saul’s robe. His men urged him to kill Saul as this was the fulfillment of God’s promise to deliver him to David, but he refused and actually felt kind of guilty for taking that bit of his robe.
Once Saul turned to leave the cave, David revealed himself and explained that he was not Saul’s enemy and basically that he could have easily killed Saul but chose not to. Saul was moved by David’s speech and realized that God was with David and that he would be king. He asked David to swear not to wipe out his whole family and then he leaves. David and his men still went up to the stronghold in the mountains though.
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