Fourth, God put this entire army into a deep sleep so that David and Abishai could walk right up to Saul. Why else would God do this? To Abishai it seemed David would never get a chance like this again. All these reasons sounded good. They made sense, and David was receiving the encouragement from another brother. So if David was the least bit offended, he would have felt totally justified and would have allowed Abishai to put a spear through Saul. Listen to David’s response: “Do not destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’S anointed, and be guiltless? . . . as the LORD
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David refused again to be offended and kill Saul.
