1 Samuel 26:12

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David took the spear and the jar of water near Saul’s head, and they left. All of them were asleep. No one saw them, knew about it, or woke up. The Lord had made them fall into a deep sleep.

Cross References

Genesis 15:12

As the sun was just about to set, a deep sleep—a dreadful, deep darkness—came over Abram.

Genesis 2:21

So the Lord God caused him to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

Esther 6:1

That night the king could not sleep. So he told ⌞a servant⌟ to bring the official daily records, and they were read to the king.

Isaiah 29:10

The Lord has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He will shut your eyes. (Your eyes are the prophets.) He will cover your heads. (Your heads are the seers.)

1 Samuel 24:4

David’s men told him, “Today is the day the Lord referred to when he said, ‘I’m going to hand your enemy over to you. You will do to him whatever you think is right.’ ” David quietly got up and cut off the border of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 26:13

David went over to the other side and stood on top of the hill some distance away. (There was a wide space between them.)

1 Samuel 26:7

So David and Abishai went among ⌞Saul’s⌟ troops that night. Saul was lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him.