The men of David said to him, Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.
      IV. David cut off the skirt of his robe, but soon repented that he had done this: His heart smote him for it (1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 24:5); though it did Saul no real hurt, and served David for a proof that it was in his power to have killed him (1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 24:11), yet, because it was an affront to Saul's royal dignity, he wished he had not done it. Note, It is a good thing to have a heart within us smiting us for sins that seem little; it is a sign that conscience is awake and tender, and will be the means of preventing greater sins.