1 Samuel 26:7

1 Samuel 26:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
• New International Version (NIV)So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So David and Abishai went right into Saul’s camp and found him asleep, with his spear stuck in the ground beside his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying asleep around him.

Context of 1 Samuel 26:7

5So David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army. Now Saul lay within the camp, with the people encamped all around him. 6Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.” So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people lay all around him. 8Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!” 9But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?”

1 Samuel 26:7 word by word

וַיָּבֹא֩ דָוִ֨ד וַאֲבִישַׁ֥י׀ אֶל־הָעָם֮ לַיְלָה֒ וְהִנֵּ֣ה שָׁא֗וּל שֹׁכֵ֤ב יָשֵׁן֙ בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל וַחֲנִית֥וֹ מְעוּכָֽה־בָאָ֖רֶץ מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑יו וְאַבְנֵ֣ר וְהָעָ֔ם שֹׁכְבִ֖ים סְבִיבֹתָֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and Abishaiאֲבִישַׁי'ăbîyshay 'abshay · AbishaiH52
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to the peopleעַם‛am · people: soldiersH5971
• by nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• and, behold, Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• layשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• sleepingיָשֵׁןyâshên · sleepingH3463
• within the trenchמַעְגָּלma‛gâl ma‛gâlâh · trackH4570
• and his spearחֲנִיתchănîyth · spearH2595
• stuckמָעַךְmâ‛ak · to bruiseH4600
• in the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• at his bolsterמְרַאֲשָׁוֹתmera'ăshâh · headH4763
• but Abnerאֲבִינֵר'abnêr 'ăbîynêr · AbnerH74
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 26:7

• 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 26:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25This was the last time Saul and David were together. The Ziphites informed Saul again about David's hiding place (see 1 Samuel 23:19–20). David spared Saul's life again, just like he did in the cave at En-gedi (see 1 Samuel 24).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 26:7

• Abishai
• Citizens
• Courage
• Loyalty
• Pillow
• Self-Control

In the dictionaries

• Abner
• David
• Saul
• Abishai
• Bolster
• Armor; Arms
• Samuel, Books of
• Carriage
• Joab

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings