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camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
7
So David and Abishai came to the people by
night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his
bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
8
Then said Abishai to David, God hath
delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with
the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not
smite
him the second time.
9
And David said to
Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the L
ORD
’S anointed, and be
guiltless?
10
David said furthermore,
As
the L
ORD
liveth, the L
ORD
shall smite him; or his day shall
come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
11
The L
ORD
forbid that I should stretch
forth mine hand against the L
ORD
’S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that
is
at his
bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
12
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from
Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw
it,
nor knew
it,
neither awaked: for they
were
all asleep; because a deep sleep from the L
ORD
was fallen upon them.
13
Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space
being
between them:
14
And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying,
Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who
art
thou
that
criest to the king?
15
And David said to Abner,
Art
not thou a
valiant
man? and who
is
like to thee in Israel? wherefore
then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king
thy lord.
16
This thing
is
not good that thou hast done.
As
the L
ORD
liveth, ye
are
worthy to die,
because ye have not kept your master, the L
ORD
’S anointed. And now see where the king’s spear
is, and the cruse of water that
was
at his bolster.
17
And Saul knew David’s voice, and said,
Is
this
thy voice, my son David? And David said,
It is
my voice, my lord, O king.
18
And he said, Wherefore
doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil
is
in mine hand?
19
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the L
ORD
have
stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if
they be
the children of men, cursed
be
they before the L
ORD
; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the
L
ORD
, saying, Go, serve other gods.
20
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the
face of the L
ORD
: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge
in the mountains.
21
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because
my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred
exceedingly.
22
And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young
men come over and fetch it.
23
The L
ORD
render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness:
for the L
ORD
delivered thee into
my
hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against
the L
ORD
’S anointed.
24
And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my
life be much set by in the eyes of the L
ORD
, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
25
Then
Saul said to David, Blessed
be
thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt
still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
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