1 Samuel 26
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1 Samuel 26:4-12

4DavidH1732 sentH7971 out spiesH7270, and he knewH3045 that SaulH7586 was definitelyH3559 comingH935. 5DavidH1732 then aroseH6965 and cameH935 to the placeH4725 whereH834H8033 SaulH7586 had campedH2583. And DavidH1732 sawH7200 the placeH4725 whereH834H8033 SaulH7586 layH7901, and 1AbnerH74 the sonH1121 of NerH5369, the commanderH8269 of his armyH6635; and SaulH7586 was lyingH7901 in the circleH4570 of the campH4570, and the peopleH5971 were campedH2583 aroundH5439 him.

6Then DavidH1732 saidH559 to AhimelechH288 2the HittiteH2850 and to 3AbishaiH52 the sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870, Joab’sH3097 brotherH251, sayingH559, “WhoH4310 4will goH3381 downH3381 with me to SaulH7586 in the campH4264?” And AbishaiH52 saidH559, “I will goH3381 downH3381 with you.” 7So DavidH1732 and AbishaiH52 cameH935 to the peopleH5971 by nightH3915, and beholdH2009, SaulH7586 layH7901 sleepingH3463 inside the circleH4570 of the campH4570 with his spearH2595 stuckH4600 in the groundH776 at his headH4763; and AbnerH74 and the peopleH5971 were lyingH7901 aroundH5439 him. 8Then AbishaiH52 saidH559 to DavidH1732, “TodayH3117 GodH430 has deliveredH5462 your enemyH340 into your handH3027; nowH6258 therefore, pleaseH4994 let me strikeH5221 him with the spearH2595 5to the groundH776 with oneH259 strokeH6471, and I will not 6strike him the secondH8138 timeH8138.” 9But DavidH1732 saidH559 to AbishaiH52, “Do not destroyH7843 him, for 7whoH4310 can stretchH7971 out his handH3027 against the Lord’sH3068 anointedH4899 and be withoutH5352 guiltH5352?” 10DavidH1732 also saidH559, “As the LordH3068 livesH2416, 8surelyH3588H518 the LordH3068 will strikeH5062 him, orH176 9his dayH3117 will comeH935 that he diesH4191, orH176 10he will goH3381 downH3381 into battleH4421 and perishH5595. 1111The LordH3068 forbidH2486 that I should stretchH7971 out my handH3027 against the Lord’sH3068 anointedH4899; but nowH6258 pleaseH4994 takeH3947 the spearH2595 that is at his headH4763 and the jugH6835 of waterH4325, and let us goH1980.” 12So DavidH1732 tookH3947 the spearH2595 and the jugH6835 of waterH4325 from beside Saul’sH7586 headH4763, and they wentH1980 away, but noH369 oneH369 sawH7200 or knewH3045 it, norH369 did any awakeH7019, for they were allH3605 asleepH3463, becauseH3588 12a soundH8639 sleepH8639 from the LordH3068 had fallenH5307 on them.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 26:5 1 Sam 14:50, 51; 17:55 ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 26:6 Gen 23:3; 26:34; Josh 3:10; 1 Kin 10:29; 2 Kin 7:6 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 26:6 1 Chr 2:16 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 26:6 Judg 7:10, 11 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 26:8 Lit even into ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 26:8 Lit repeat with respect to him ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 26:9 1 Sam 24:6, 7; 2 Sam 1:14, 16 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 26:10 Deut 32:35; 1 Sam 25:26, 38; Rom 12:19; Heb 10:30 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 26:10 Gen 47:29; Deut 31:14; Ps 37:13 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 26:10 1 Sam 31:6 ↩
  11. 11. 1 Samuel 26:11 1 Sam 24:6, 12; Rom 12:17, 19; 1 Pet 3:9 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Samuel 26:12 Gen 2:21; 15:12; Is 29:10 ↩

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