1 Samuel 26:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Abishai said to David, “Today God has given your enemy to you. Let me pin Saul to the ground with his spear. I’ll only do it once!”

Cross References

1 Samuel 24:4

David’s men told him, “This is the day the Lord told you about when he said, ‘I will give your enemy to you, and you can do whatever you want to him.’” So David crawled closer and closer to Saul and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. Saul didn’t notice what happened.

1 Samuel 26:23

The Lord pays every man for what he does—he rewards him if he does right, and he punishes him if he does wrong. The Lord gave you to me today, but I wouldn’t harm the Lord’s chosen king.

1 Samuel 23:14

David went into the desert of Ziph and stayed in the mountains and fortresses there. Saul looked for David the whole time, but the Lord didn’t let Saul catch him.

Judges 1:4

The Lord helped the men of Judah defeat the Canaanites and the Perizzites. They killed 10,000 men at the city of Bezek.

Joshua 21:44

And the Lord allowed them to have peace on all sides of their land, just as he had promised their ancestors. None of their enemies defeated them. The Lord allowed the Israelites to defeat every enemy.

Deuteronomy 32:30

Can one person chase away 1000 men? Can two men cause 10,000 men to run away? It will happen only if the Lord gives them to their enemy. This will happen only if their Rock sells them like slaves.

Romans 11:32

All people have refused to obey God. And he has put them all together as people who don’t obey him so that he can show mercy to everyone.

Nahum 1:9

Why are you making plans against the Lord? He will bring complete destruction, so you will not cause trouble again.

Psalm 31:8

You will not let my enemies take me. You will free me from their traps.

1 Samuel 26:7

When night came, David and Abishai went into Saul’s camp. Saul was asleep in the middle of the circle of men. His spear was stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the other soldiers were asleep around Saul.

1 Samuel 26:9

But David said to Abishai, “Don’t kill Saul! Anyone who hurts the Lord’s chosen king must be punished.

2 Samuel 16:9

Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dying dog curse you, my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off Shimei’s head.”

Jeremiah 40:15

Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in private at Mizpah. Johanan said to Gedaliah, “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah. No one will know anything about it. We should not let Ishmael kill you. That would cause all the people of Judah who are gathered around you to be scattered to different countries again. And that would mean that the few survivors of Judah would be lost.”

1 Samuel 24:5

Later, David felt bad about what he did.