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Bible Book: 1 Samuel
Bible Book Code: 0902400302
Scene no: 1 of 1

Bible Reference & Cartoon Description

1 Samuel 24:3-4 (NLT)
3 At the place where the road passes some sheepfolds, Saul went into a cave to relieve himself. But as it happened, David and his men were hiding farther back in that very cave!
4 “Now’s your opportunity!” David’s men whispered to him. “Today the Lord is telling you, ‘I will certainly put your enemy into your power, to do with as you wish.’” So David crept forward and cut off a piece of the hem of Saul’s robe.

DRAWING NOTES:

TIME OF DAY:
Unspecified in Bible narrative. Daytime.

LIGHTING NOTES:
Strong sunlight from outside the cave illuminates this scene. Note the highlights on the edges of the figures, and the beams of light seen in the cave air.

CHARACTERS PRESENT:
David in the left foreground, holding a dagger & a piece of king Saul’s outer robe. King Saul is sitting on a rock.

RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
There are two versions of this scene:
01) (Previous page) 1 Samuel 24 – David spares Saul’s life – Scene 02 – Robe cut (Dark version). In which the figures are shadowy.

02) (This page) 1 Samuel 24 – David spares Saul’s life – Scene 02 – Robe cut (Colour version). In this version I have made the figures much lighter & their clothing colours stand out a lot more.

Verse 2 tells us that king Saul went looking for David at the Crags of the Wild Goats, in En-Gedi [1]. I found a great looking photograph of a cavern & cave mouth on the internet that helped me with this design. I enjoyed creating the dark shadows & strong highlights in this scene.

Here is the scene without the figures.

Background of 1 Samuel 24 – David spares Saul’s life – Scene 02 – Robe cut (Colour version)

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Background of 1 Samuel 24 – David spares Saul’s life – Scene 02 – Robe cut (Colour version)

[1]
En Gedi (“Spring of a Young Goat”) was a town in the wilderness of Judah, on the west coast of the Dead Sea (Joshua 15:62). Today, En Gedi is a nature preserve known for its waterfalls and a botanical garden. This city in the desert was an oasis during biblical times and is still a destination for visitors to Israel.

Originally called Hazezon Tamar (“Division of the Palms”) because of the surrounding palm trees (2 Chronicles 20:2), the area of En Gedi was once inhabited by the Amorites (Genesis 14:7). Once the Israelites entered the Promised Land under the leadership of Joshua, En Gedi was allotted to the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:1, 61–62).

When David fled from Saul, he hid in En Gedi among the rocks there (1 Samuel 23:29). The specific location where Saul searched for David was called “The Crags of the Wild Goats,” because of the rocky terrain of En Gedi (1 Samuel 24:2)…
[Source: part of an article in: https://www.gotquestions.org/En-Gedi.html]

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Bible Doctrine Notes
24:1-22 EVIL AND SUFFERING, Endurance (2.34C)
David suffered from king Saul’s fits of jealousy and rage, but David show great restraint and an attitude of non-retaliation in his encounters with Saul. Though King Saul had tried to kill David, David didn’t take this opportunity to rid himself of his powerful pursuer. We should all respond to evil acts by others with the same enduring love that Jesus taught and lived by.