and he said to his men, "May the LORD keep me from doing any harm to my master, whom the LORD chose as king! I must not harm him in the least, because he is the king chosen by the LORD!"

So David convinced his men that they should not attack Saul. Saul got up, left the cave, and started away.

David asked him, "How is it that you dared kill the LORD's chosen king?"

and David said to the Amalekite, "You brought this on yourself. You condemned yourself when you confessed that you killed the one whom the LORD chose to be king."

"Don't harm my chosen servants; do not touch my prophets."