KJV King James Version
So 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.
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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 in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
WEB World English Bible
So 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.
ASV American Standard Version
So 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 round about him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David cometh—and Abishai—unto the people by night, and lo, Saul is lying sleeping in the path, and his spear struck into the earth at his pillow, and abner and the people are lying round about him.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 26
4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
5 And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
6 Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
7 So 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.
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.
9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’S anointed, and be guiltless?
10 David 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.
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וַיָּבֹא֩H935 · boto come (in): comeדָוִ֨דH1732 · da.vidDavidוַאֲבִישַׁ֥י׀H52 · a.vi.shayAbishaiאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָעָם֮H5971 · ampeopleלַיְלָה֒H3915 · lay.lahnightוְהִנֵּ֣הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdשָׁא֗וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulשֹׁכֵ֤בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downיָשֵׁן֙H3463 · ya.shensleepingבַּמַּעְגָּ֔לH4570 · ma.galtrackוַחֲנִית֥וֹH2595 · cha.nitspearמְעוּכָֽה־H4600 · ma.akhto bruiseבָאָ֖רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑יוH4763 · me.ra.a.shahheadוְאַבְנֵ֣רH74 · av.nerAbnerוְהָעָ֔םH5971 · ampeopleשֹׁכְבִ֖יםH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downסְבִיבֹתָֽיו׃ סH5439 · sa.vivaround
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