1 Samuel 26:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

So David took the spear and the vessel of water from Saul's head; and they got away without any man seeing them, or being conscious of their coming, or awaking; for they were all sleeping because a deep sleep from the Lord had come on them.

Cross References

Genesis 15:12

Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.

Genesis 2:21

And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:

Esther 6:1

That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, and your heads, the seers, are covered.

1 Samuel 24:4

And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge.

1 Samuel 26:13

Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;

1 Samuel 26:7

So David and Abishai came down to the army by night: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts with his spear planted in the earth by his head: and Abner and the people were sleeping round him.