They're reading from the book of Samuel.

In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Zip, with 3,000 picked men of Israel

to search for David in the desert of Zip.

So David and Abishai went among Saul's soldiers by night and found Saul's

laying asleep within the barricade.

With his spear thrust into the ground at his head, and Abner and his men sleeping around him,

Abyshii whispered to David, God has delivered your enemy into your grasp this day.

Let me nail him to the ground with one thrust in my spear.

I would not need a second thrust.

But David said to Abyshi,

Do not harm him for who can lay hands on the Lord's anointment

and remain unpunished.

So David took the spear and the water drank from their place at Saul's head.

And they got away without anyone's seeing or knowing or awakening.

All remained asleep because the Lord had put them into a deep slumber.

Going across to an opposite slope, David stood on the remote hilltop at a great distance from Amner, the son of Nur, and the troops.

He said, here is the king's spirit, and let an attendant come over to get it.

The Lord will reward each man for his justice and faithfulness.

Today, though the Lord delivered you into my grasp,

I will not harm the Lord's anointment.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks to God. I'm . I'm

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