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11 (A)Yahweh forbid that I should send forth my hand against the anointed of Yahweh; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jug of water, and let us go.” 12 So David took the spear and the jug of water from beside Saul’s head, and they went away, but no one saw or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because (B)a [a]sound sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them.

13 Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the mountain at a distance with a large area between them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 26:12 Or deep sleep, cf. Gen 2:21; 15:12