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Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.
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Temptation in Disguise
Abishai presents the opportunity to kill Saul not as murder, but as God's will, saying, "God has delivered your enemy into your hand." Commentators highlight this as a powerful temptation, where a wrongful act is framed as a divinely approved opportunity. David's subsequent refusal shows his wisdom in resisting this deceptive logic.
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19th Century
Anglican
I will not smite him the second time. —The meaning of the savage words of Abishai is accurately given in Lange’s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said Abishai to David Seeing Saul fast asleep, and a spear so near him:
God has delivered yo…
Presbyterian
How soon do unholy hearts lose the good impressions that convictions have made on them! How helpless were Saul and all his men! All were as if disa…