Verse 3

And he came to the sheepe coates by the way, where there was a caue, & Saul went in to do his easement: And Dauid and his men remayned in the inward partes of the caue.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 3:24 : 24 When he was gone out, his seruauntes came: And when they sawe that the doores of the parler were locked, they sayde, Suerly he couereth his feete in his sommer chamber.
• Ps 57:1-9 : 1 To the chiefe musition (to be song lyke vnto the song beginning) destroy not, a golden psalme of Dauid, when he fled from Saul into the caue. Be mercifull vnto me O Lorde, be mercifull vnto me: for my soule trusteth in thee, and vnder the shadowe of thy wynges wyll I trust, vntyll this tiranny be ouerpast. 2 I wyll call vnto the most high Lorde: euen vnto the Lord that wil perfourme the cause which I haue in hande. 3 He wyll sende from heauen, and saue me from the reproofe of him that woulde deuour me vp, Selah: the Lorde wyll sende foorth his mercie and trueth. 4 My soule is among Lions, and I lye among those that are set on fire: among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword. 5 Exalt thy selfe O God aboue the heauen: thy glory is aboue all the earth. 6 They haue prepared a net for my feete, that some man might presse downe my soule: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the midst of it them selues. Selah. 7 My heart is redy O Lorde, my heart is redy: I wyll sing, and prayse thee in singing of psalmes. 8 Bestirre thee O my glory, bestirre thee O Lute and Harpe: I my selfe wil bestirre me right early in the morning. 9 I wyll prayse thee O Lorde among the people: and I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee among the nations. 10 For the greatnes of thy mercie reacheth vnto the heauens: and thy trueth vnto the cloudes. 11 Exalt thy selfe O Lord aboue the heauens: let thy glory be aboue al the earth.
• Ps 142:1-7 : 1 The wise instruction of Dauid, a prayer when he was in the caue. I cryed vnto God with my voyce: euen vnto God I dyd make my supplication. 2 I powred out before his face my cogitations: and I made a declaration of my trouble before his face. 3 When my spirite was ouerwhelmed within me, thou knewest my path: in the way wherein I walked they haue priuily layde a snare for me. 4 When I loked vpon my ryght hande and sawe rounde about me there was no man that woulde knowe me: I had no place to flee vnto, and no man cared for my soule. 5 I cryed vnto thee O God, and sayde: thou art my hope and my portion in the lande of the lyuyng. 6 Consider my complaynt, for I am brought very lowe: deliuer me from my persecutours, for they are to strong for me. 7 Bryng my soule out of prison, that I may prayse thy name: the ryghteous shal compasse me rounde about, because thou hast thus rewarded me.
• Ps 141:6 : 6 Let their iudges be thrust downe headlong from a rocke: then they wyll heare my wordes, for they be sweete.