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1 Samuel 26:7-9
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 26:7-9
English Standard Version
7 So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within (A)the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground (B)at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him. 8 Then Abishai said to David, (C)“God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.” 9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand (D)against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?”
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