He said to David, You are more righteous than I; for you have rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to you evil.
Swear now therefore by the Lord, that you will not cut off my children after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house. And so David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men went into the hold ( 1 Samuel 24:21-22 ). "