1 Samuel chapter 26 David spares Saul again.

Then the Ziphytes came to Saul at Ghibia saying,

Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hakula, which is on the east of Jeshim?

So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Zip,

with 3,000 chosen men of Israel to went down to the wilderness of Zip, with 3,000 chosen men of Israel

to seek David in the wilderness of Zip, and Saul encamped on the hill of Hakila, which is beside

the road on the east of Jeschamon. But David remained in the wilderness when he saw that

Saul came after him into the wilderness. David sent out spies and learned that Saul had indeed come.

Then David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped, and David saw the place where Saul lay,

with Abner, the son of Nair, the commander of his army. Saul was lying within the encampment

while the army was encamped around him. Then David said to Ahimelech, the Hittite, and to Joab's brother, Abishai,

the son of Zeruaya, who will go down with me into the camp of Saul? And Abishai said,

I will go down with you. So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there lay Saul

sleeping within the encampment with his spear stuck in the ground at his

head, and Abner and the army lay around him. Then Abishai said to David, God has given your enemy

into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear,

and I will not strike him twice. But David said to Abishai, do not destroy him, for who can put out his

hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless. And David said, as the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him,

or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish. The Lord forbid that I should

put out my hand against the Lord's anointed, but take now

the spear that is at his head in the jar of water and let us go. So David took the spear and the jar of

water from Saul's head, and they went away. No man saw it or knew it, nor did any awake, for they

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