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1Sa 24:10 — Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and [some] bade [me] kill thee: but [mine eye] spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he [is] the LORD'S anointed.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

bade me		1Sa 24:4; 1Sa 26:8
the LORD'S		1Sa 26:9; Psa 105:15

Correlating Passages

bade me

	1Sa 24:4	And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
	1Sa 26:8	Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not [smite] him the second time.

the LORD'S

	1Sa 26:9	And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?
	Psa 105:15	[Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 24:10," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Sa/24/10.html>.

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