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1 Samuel 26:9 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 26 · verse 9
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?1 Samuel 26:9 · King James Version
1 Samuel 26:9 in context
7So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
8Then 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.
9And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?
10David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
11The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- guiltlessnâqâhto be cleanH5352 →
- anointedmâshîyachanointedH4899 →
- AbishaiʼĂbîyshayAbishai, an IsraeliteH52 →
- Destroyshâchathto decayH7843 →
- LORD'SYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
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Here is, I. David's bold adventure into Saul's camp in the night, accompanied only by his kinsman Abishai, the son of Zeruiah. He proposed it to him and to another of his confidants (Sa1 26:6), but the other either declined it as too dangerous an enterprise, or at least was content that Abishai, who was forward to it,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-12