⁷ So David and Abishai came to the army by night, and there was^[a] Saul lying asleep in the encampment with^[b] his spear thrust into the ground near his head, and Abner and the army were lying all around him. ⁸ Then Abishai said to David, “God has handed over your enemy into your hand today! So then, please let me pin him to the ground with the spear^[c] one time,^[d] and I will not strike him twice.”^{[e] 9} But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy^[f] him! For who has stretched out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed one and remained blameless?”