1. Then David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds of Engaddi.
2. And when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, they told him, saying: Behold, David is in the desert of Engaddi.
3. Saul therefore took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went out to seek after David, and his men, even upon the most craggy rocks, which are accessible only to wild goats.
4. And he came to the sheepcotes, which were in his way. And there was a cave, into which Saul went, to ease nature: now David and his men lay hid in the inner part of the cave.
5. And 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 mayest do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. Then David arose, and secretly cut off the hem of Saul's robe.
6. After which David's heart struck him, because he had cut off the hem of Saul's robe.