¹¹ Yahweh forbid me^[a] from stretching out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed one! So then, please take the spear that is near his head and the jar of water, and let us go.” ¹² So David took the spear and the jar of water from near Saul’s head, and they went away. No one saw, no one knew, and no one awakened,^[b] for all of them were sleeping because a deep sleep of Yahweh had fallen upon them.

¹³ Then David went to the other side and stood on the top of the hill at a distance; the distance was great between them.