26:5-7
The spies find the camp and see that all of Saul’s men are “lain down”, presumably sleeping. David goes with Abishai and Ahimelek to Saul's camp. They reach Saul. Now Saul was surrounded by his men, so they must have crept in very carefully; we also learn in 26:12 that the Lord had intervened to put the men into a deep sleep.
26:8-11
Abishai sees this as a God-given opportunity to kill Saul and have done with him. In the previous incident David’s men were keen for David to kill Saul. Once again David refuses. Some people are guided by events, others, like David, are guided by principle. Faith in God and obedience to the Lord are the key principles we should be guided by. Later on, David would be guided by circumstances and his own lust, and caused great trouble, and got into great trouble because of it. David was not going to kill “the Lord’s anointed”. Instead he took Saul’s spear and water jug.
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