1 Samuel 26:6–12

⁶Then David answered, and said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai ^dthe son of Zeruiah, brother of ^eJoab, saying, “Who will ^fgo down with me to Saul in the camp?”

And ^gAbishai said, “I will go down with you.”

⁷So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the people lay all around him. ⁸Then Abishai said to David, ^h“God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him ¹at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!”

⁹But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him; ⁱfor who can stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?” ¹⁰David said furthermore, “As the Lord lives, ^jthe Lord shall strike him, or ^khis day shall come to die, or he shall ^lgo out to battle and perish. ^11mThe Lord forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the Lord’s anointed. But please, take now the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.” ¹²So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got away; and no man saw or knew it or awoke. For they were all asleep, because ⁿa deep sleep from the Lord had fallen on them.