⁶ He said to his men, ^(A)“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord's anointed, to put out my hand against him, seeing he is ^(B)the Lord's anointed.”

¹⁰ Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hand in the cave. ^(A)And some told me to kill you, but I spared you.^[a] I said, ‘I will not put out my hand against my lord, ^(B)for he is the Lord's anointed.’

⁹ But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand ^(A)against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless?”

^4 (A)Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these ^(B)uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, ^(C)for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword ^(D)and fell upon it.