It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.
"Far be it from me ... to stretch forth my hand ... against the Lords anointed"  (1 Samuel 24:6).  "These words show that no word from Jehovah had come to David telling him to do as he liked to Saul (as his men said in  1 Samuel 24:4)."[7]