1 SAMUEL 26:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
So David and Abishai went to the army by night; and there Saul lay sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the army were lying around him — the sleeping camp, with Saul's spear as a sentinel at his head ('vᵉḥannîtô tqûʿāh bāʾāres ʿal-mᵉrʿāšô'), presents the second opportunity to kill the king. The image of the spear evokes the symbol of royal authority that will be violated but not used for slaughter.
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