1 SAMUEL 26:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
But David said to Abishai, 'Do not destroy him; for who can put out his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?' — David's refusal ('ʾal-taššḥîtēhû') is grounded in the principle of the LORD's anointed ('neśîaḥ YHWH'). The phrase 'mî-yaśîaḥ yādô bᵉmešîaḥ YHWH' expresses the inviolability of the covenant king, even a failed one; to slay him would be to violate the sacred bond between God and His anointed.
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