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.
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