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This chapter continues the part of the book that describes how David became king (chapters 16–31). It describes how Saul, after fighting off the Philistines, returned to the wilderness to try to capture David and kill him. Instead, David got the opportunity to kill Saul, but he did not do so, since Yahweh had anointed Saul to be the king. David proved to Saul that he could have killed him, and Saul realized that David was not his enemy and said that he would become king after him.
The author says in 24:3 that Saul came to some “pens of sheep” along the roadway. These were enclosures that shepherds had created in this area by building circular stone walls outside the openings of caves. The sheep stayed within the enclosures in good weather during the day, and they could go inside the caves for warmth and shelter at night and during storms. Describe these enclosures with a term or phrase that would help your readers understand what they were.
In 24:4, David cuts off the edge of Saul’s robe. Shortly afterwards, he is able to show this piece of the robe as proof that he could have killed Saul but did not. But this action may have had further symbolic significance. In 15:27–28, Saul tears off the edge of Samuel’s robe as he is trying to keep him from leaving. Samuel replies, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from upon you today.” If David had learned of this incident, he may have been showing Saul that Samuel’s prophecy was coming true as Yahweh preserved his life so that he could be the next king. However, as the author does not make this point explicitly, we recommend that you do not say anything about it in the text of your translation or in a footnote. This repeated imagery speaks for itself within the story, and you can let it do that in your translation.
In 24:13, David says to Saul, “As the proverb of the ancient says, ‘From the wicked comes out wickedness.’” He is using this proverb to mean, “If I had been a wicked person, I would have wickedly killed you in the cave. But I did not. So you can be sure that I will do nothing to harm you.”