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介绍

这个故事讲述了大卫在洞穴中割下扫罗衣角后，如何尊崇神。（撒母耳记上 18:5-8；24:1-20）

主题

大卫、尊崇神、讨神喜悦、尊崇、扫罗

时间

约10分钟

故事

侍卫跑进王的房间，脸上带着忧伤的神情。

“哦，蒙福的王啊，您听到外面的妇女在说什么吗？请听听她们的歌声！”他说道。

扫罗王走到窗前，简直不敢相信自己的耳朵。妇女们正载歌载舞地唱着：

“扫罗杀死千千，大卫杀死万万。”

的确，大卫在战场上比扫罗更成功，王对此极为不满。大卫让他看起来像个软弱的傻瓜。随着时间的推移，扫罗变得越来越嫉妒。他甚至怀疑大卫想要夺取他的王位。怒火在他心中燃烧，最终，他被恶念所驱使，决定杀死大卫来解决这个问题。

扫罗多次几乎成功地捉住大卫，但每次大卫都设法逃脱了。因为神与他同在，保护着他。虽然此时扫罗是以色列的王，但神已经应许大卫将来会成为王。

有一天，扫罗听说大卫藏身于隐·基底的旷野，于是带领三千名精兵去搜捕他。而此时，大卫早已躲进了附近的一个山洞里，屏息以待，藏身于黑暗之中。片刻之后，扫罗竟然进入了同一个山洞！洞穴里一片漆黑，扫罗根本没有察觉到大卫就在里面。

大卫心中充满恐惧，但这是个绝佳的机会 - 他可以先下手为强，杀死扫罗，从此摆脱恐惧。他悄悄地潜行在洞穴的阴影中，缓缓地拔出了自己的刀。他举起刀，但最终他无法下手。他不能杀死扫罗王！他只是割下了扫罗外袍的一角。

扫罗毫无察觉地离开了洞穴。

然而，大卫对自己所做的心中感到懊悔。尽管扫罗想要杀他，但他仍然是神所膏立的王。大卫知道自己应该尊敬扫罗，因为这样做就是尊崇神。

于是，大卫走出洞穴，向扫罗呼喊：

“我主，我王！”

扫罗猛然回头，看到大卫站在那里，向他俯伏下拜。

大卫抬起头，对扫罗说：

“你为何相信别人说我想害你呢？看这里——这是我刚才割下的你的衣角！当你在洞穴里时，我本可以取你性命，但我没有这样做。我绝不会伸手攻击耶和华所膏立的王。我从未伤害过你，可你却像猎捕野兽一样追杀我。”

扫罗听后，声音哽咽地问道：“是你吗？大卫，我的儿子？”

泪水盈满了扫罗的眼眶，他说：

“你比我更公义。你待我以善，我却待你以恶。今天你竟然饶了我的性命，而我却想要取你的性命。现在我知道，你必定会成为以色列的王！”

（结束）

*** 英文版 ********

How David Honors God

The story of how David honors God after cutting off a piece of Saul's robe in a cave. (1 Samuel 18: 5-8; 24:1-20)

It was true. David was much more successful in battle, and the king didn’t like it one bit. David was making him look like a weak fool. As the days went on, Saul became more and more jealous. He thought David might even try to take over his kingdom. Now he was angry. Finally, evil overcame Saul, and he decided to put an end to it by killing David.

Many times Saul came very close to capturing David, but every time David somehow managed to escape. You see, the Lord was with him and kept him safe. Although Saul was the king of Israel at this time, God promised that David would also someday be king.

Now one day, Saul heard that David was in the Desert of En Gedi. So he took 3,000 of his best men and went to hunt for him. But David was already deep inside a nearby cave, hiding for his life. Moments later, Saul went into the same cave, but it was very dark inside and he didn’t even know David was there.

David was afraid, but here was his chance to put an end to his fear by killing Saul first. Quietly he crept up in the dark shadows of the cave. Slowly, he grabbed his knife. He raised it up, but he couldn’t do it. He couldn't kill King Saul. Instead, he cut off a piece of the king’s robe. Saul left the cave completely unaware of what David had done.

David felt bad about what he did. Saul was still the king, chosen by God. David knew that he should respect and honor him as king. By doing so, he would also be honoring God. He found his way out of the cave and called out to Saul, “My lord the king!”

Saul suddenly looked around, and saw David there, bowing down to him.

David looked up and said, “Why do you believe that I want to do you harm? Look here, is a piece of your robe that I removed when you were in the cave. I could have easily taken your life, but I will not lift my hand against the lord’s anointed. I have never harmed you, yet you hunt me down like an animal.”

Then Saul asked, “Is that you David, my son?” Tears filled his eyes, and he said, “You are more righteous than I. You treated me well, while I treated you badly. You spared my life, although I wanted to take yours. Now I know that one day you will surely be king.”  

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