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Line 76: After the invasion, Saul learns David is now living in the desert of [[Ein Gedi\|En Gedi]] and resumes his search for him. At one point, he enters a cave to use the toilet. David and his men are further back in the cave. They discuss the possibility of killing Saul, but David opts to merely cut a corner off his robe and use this as proof that he does not in fact wish to kill Saul. Saul repents of how he has treated David, recognises him as the next king and makes him promise not to kill off his descendants. ~~Samuel~~Jonathan dies, and, after mourning him, David moves on to the [[Desert of Paran]]. Here he meets the shepherds of a [[Caleb\|Calebite]] named [[Nabal]], and his men help protect them. At sheep-shearing time, he sends some of his men to ask for food. However, Nabal refuses, preferring to keep his food for his household. However, when his wife, [[Abigail]], hears of this, she takes a large amount of supplies to David herself. This turns out to be at exactly the right moment, since David had just threatened to kill everyone in Nabal's home. Abigail begs for mercy, and David agrees, praising her wisdom. That night Nabal has a feast, so Abigail waits until morning to tell him what she has done. He has a heart attack and dies ten days later. David marries Abigail and a woman from [[Tel Jezreel\|Jezreel]] named [[Ahinoam]], but in the meantime Saul has married David's first wife, Michal, off to a nobleman named [[Palti, son of Laish]]. Saul decides to return to pursuing David, and the Ziphites alert him as to David's whereabouts. Saul returns to the desert of Ziph and sets up camp. One night, David and two companions, [[Achimelech]] the [[Biblical Hittites\|Hittite]] and [[Abishai (biblical figure)\|Abishai]] son of [[Zeruiah]] (his nephew), go to Saul's camp and find him asleep on the ground. Abishai advocates killing him, but David once again resists, content with taking a spear and water jug lying by Saul's head. The next morning, David advises [[Abner]], Saul's captain, to put the soldiers to death for not protecting Saul, citing the absence of the spear and water jug as evidence. Saul interrupts, and once again repents of his hunt. He blesses David, David returns his spear and Saul returns home.

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