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1 Samuel 26:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 26:7-9
1599 Geneva Bible
7 So David and Abishai came down to the people by night: and behold, Saul lay sleeping within the fort, and his spear did stick in the ground at his [a]head: and Abner and the people lay round about him.
8 ¶ Then said Abishai to David, God hath closed thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore, I pray thee, let me smite him once with a spear to the earth, and I will not smite him [b]again.
9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can lay his hand [c]on the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?
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- 1 Samuel 26:7 Or, bolster.
- 1 Samuel 26:8 Meaning, he would make him sure at one stroke.
- 1 Samuel 26:9 To wit, in his own private cause: for Jehu slew two Kings at God’s appointment, 2 Kings 9:24.
1 Samuel 26:7-9
New International Version
1 Samuel 26:7-9
New International Version
7 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.
8 Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t strike him twice.”
9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed(A) and be guiltless?(B)
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