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1 Samuel 26:8-10
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1 Samuel 26:8-10
Easy-to-Read Version
8 Abishai said to David, “Today God has given your enemy to you. Let me pin Saul to the ground with his spear. I’ll only do it once!”
9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t kill Saul! Anyone who hurts the Lord’s chosen king[a] must be punished. 10 As surely as the Lord lives, the Lord himself will punish Saul. Maybe Saul will die naturally or maybe he will be killed in battle.
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- 1 Samuel 26:9 chosen king Literally, “anointed one.” Also in verses 16, 23.
1 Samuel 26:8-10
New International Version
1 Samuel 26:8-10
New International Version
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) 10 As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike(C) him, or his time(D) will come and he will die,(E) or he will go into battle and perish.
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