◄ 1 Samuel 24:5 {6} ►
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Good News Translation
But then David's conscience began to hurt,

New Revised Standard Version
Afterward David was stricken to the heart because he had cut off a corner of Saul’s cloak.

Contemporary English Version
Afterwards, David was sorry that he had even done that,

New American Bible
Afterward, however, David regretted that he had cut off an end of Saul’s robe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
After which David's heart struck him, because he had cut off the hem of Saul's robe.

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After which David's heart struck him, because he had cut off the hem of Saul's robe.

David's heart

2 Samuel 12:9 Why therefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in my sight? Thou hast killed Urias the Hethite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

2 Samuel 24:10 But David's heart struck him, after the people were numbered: and David said to the Lord: I have sinned very much in what I have done: but I pray thee, O Lord, to take away the iniquity of thy servant, because I have done exceeding foolishly.

2 Kings 22:19 And thy heart hath been moved to fear, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, hearing the words against this place, and the inhabitants thereof, to wit, that they should become a wonder and a curse: and thou hast rent thy garments, and wept before me; I also have heard thee; saith the Lord.

1 John 3:20,21 For if our heart reprehend us, God is greater than our heart and knoweth all things. . . .

Context
David Spares Saul
…4And the servants of David said to him: Behold the day, of which the Lord said to thee: I will deliver thy enemy unto thee, that thou mayst do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. Then David arose, and secretly cut off the hem of Saul's robe. 5After which David's heart struck him, because he had cut off the hem of Saul's robe.6And he said to his men: The Lord be merciful unto me, that I may do no such thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, as to lay my hand upon him, because he is the Lord's anointed.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 24:10
But David's heart struck him, after the people were numbered: and David said to the Lord: I have sinned very much in what I have done: but I pray thee, O Lord, to take away the iniquity of thy servant, because I have done exceeding foolishly.

2 Kings 22:19
And thy heart hath been moved to fear, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, hearing the words against this place, and the inhabitants thereof, to wit, that they should become a wonder and a curse: and thou hast rent thy garments, and wept before me; I also have heard thee; saith the Lord.

1 Samuel 24:4
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