King James Version
1 Samuel 26:8 KJV
“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. delivered: Heb. shut up”
Self-Control
1 Samuel 26 — Context
1 Samuel 26:7 — “So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck ...”
1 Samuel 26:8 — “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. delivered: Heb. shut up”
1 Samuel 26:9 — “And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and be guilt...”