I Samuel 26:8
The Scripture
(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
David again found Saul asleep, this time in his camp with his spear stuck in the ground beside him, and though Abishai urged David to kill him, David took only the spear and water jug as proof he could have. David called out to Saul's camp from a distance, rebuking Abner for failing to guard the king, and Saul again confessed his sin and blessed David.
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