1 Samuel 26:7

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.

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WEBBE

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.

BSB

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.

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

So David and Abishai came down to the army by night: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts with his spear planted in the earth by his head: and Abner and the people were sleeping round him.

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וַיָּבֹא vai·ya·vo' and he went H935 דָוִד da·vid David H1732 וַאֲבִישַׁי va·'a·vi·shai and Abishai H52 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971 לַיְלָה lay·lah night H3915 וְהִנֵּה ve·hi·neh and there H2009 שָׁאוּל sha·'ul Saul H7586 שֹׁכֵב sho·khev [was] lying H7901 יָשֵׁן ya·shen sleeping H3463 בַּמַּעְגָּל ba·ma'·gal in the camp H4570 וַחֲנִיתוֹ va·cha·ni·to and spear his H2595 מְעוּכָה־ me·'u·khah- [was] thrust H4600 בָאָרֶץ va·'a·retz in the ground H776 מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו me·ra·'a·sho·tov [the] place of head his H4763 וְאַבְנֵר ve·'av·ner and Abner H74 וְהָעָם ve·ha·'am and the people H5971 שֹׁכְבִים sho·khe·vim [were] lying H7901 סְבִיבֹתָיו ס se·vi·vo·tov around him H5439

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–12

How soon do unholy hearts lose the good impressions convictions have made upon them! How helpless were Saul and all his men! All as though disarmed and chained, yet nothing is done to them; they are only asleep. How easily can God weaken the strongest, befool the wisest, and baffle the most watchful! David still resolved to wait till God thought fit to avenge him on Saul. He will by no means force his way to the promised crown by any wrong methods. The temptation was very strong; but if he yielded, he would sin against God, therefore he resisted the temptation, and trusted God with the event.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.