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David, who comes by night with Abishai, takes the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head

밤에 아비새와 함께 나아간 다윗이 사울의 머리 곁에서 창과 물병을 가져감

1 Samuel 26:5–12: then David arises and comes to the place where Saul had encamped; and David sees the place where Saul lies, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lies within the place of the wagons, and the people are encamped around him. Then David answers and says to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, “Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?” Abishai says, “I will go down with you.” So David and Abishai come to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lies sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lie around him. Then Abishai says to David, “God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.” David says to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?” David says, “As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him; or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish. The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let’s go.” So David takes the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head, and they go away. No man sees it, or knows it, nor does any awake; for they are all asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them. At 26:6 the Korean Revised Version has David ask (물어 가로되), and reads 스루야의 아들 요압의 아우 아비새, where 스루야의 아들 (the son of Zeruiah) stands before Joab and Abishai is called Joab’s younger brother.

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  • 1SA 26:5–12, engwebp

    5Then David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped around him.

    6Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

    7So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around him.

    8Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”

    9David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?”

    10David said, “As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him; or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish.

    11The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let’s go.”

    12So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head, and they went away. No man saw it, or knew it, nor did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

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  • David — Took part in — David, who comes by night with Abishai, takes the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head

    Evidence: 1 Samuel 26:5–12

  • Abishai — Took part in — David, who comes by night with Abishai, takes the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head

    Evidence: 1 Samuel 26:5–12

  • Ahimelech (the Hittite) — Took part in — David, who comes by night with Abishai, takes the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head

    Evidence: 1 Samuel 26:5–12

  • Saul (son of Kish) — Took part in — David, who comes by night with Abishai, takes the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head

    Evidence: 1 Samuel 26:5–12

  • Abner — Took part in — David, who comes by night with Abishai, takes the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head

    Evidence: 1 Samuel 26:5–12

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Entry: David, who comes by night with Abishai, takes the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head (event-1sa-26-the-spear-and-the-jar-of-water)
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Current wording: 1 Samuel 26:5–12: then David arises and comes to the place where Saul had encamped; and David sees the place where Saul lies, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lies within the place of the wagons, and the people are encamped around him. Then David answers and says to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, “Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?” Abishai says, “I will go down with you.” So David and Abishai come to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lies sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lie around him. Then Abishai says to David, “God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.” David says to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?” David says, “As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him; or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish. The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let’s go.” So David takes the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head, and they go away. No man sees it, or knows it, nor does any awake; for they are all asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them. At 26:6 the Korean Revised Version has David ask (물어 가로되), and reads 스루야의 아들 요압의 아우 아비새, where 스루야의 아들 (the son of Zeruiah) stands before Joab and Abishai is called Joab’s younger brother.
Cited evidence: 1SA 26:5–12, engwebp
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