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1 Samuel 26:9

AbishaiDavid
IntegritySelf-controlObedienceFaith

7 That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.

8 Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

10 David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

11 But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”

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BSB
But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”
KJV
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?
WEB
David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
ASV
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can put forth his hand against Jehovah`s anointed, and be guiltless?
DARBY
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can stretch forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?
BLB
And David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the anointed of YHWH and be guiltless?”
ÅB
Men David sa til Abisai: Drep ham ikke! Hvem har utrakt sin hånd mot Herrens salvede og er blitt ustraffet?
OTB
Men David svarte Abisjai, “Drep ham ikke, for hvem kan rekke ut hånden mot Herrens salvede og forbli uskyldig?”
B1930
Men David sa til Abisai: Drep ham ikke! Hvem har utrakt sin hånd mot Herrens salvede og er blitt ustraffet?

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 1:14

    So David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

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  • Psalms 105:15

    “Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

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  • 2 Samuel 1:16

    For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

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  • 1 Samuel 24:6–7

    So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”

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