1 Samuel 26:9

And David said to Abishai, destroy him not,.... He laid his commands upon him not to hurt him:

for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless? since Saul was king,…

Here is, I. David's bold adventure into Saul's camp in the night, accompanied only by his kinsman Abishai, the son of Zeruiah. He proposed it to him and to another of his confidants (Sa1 26:6), but…

Saul's life again in David's power

5. in the trench See on 1Sa 17:20. The Sept. rendering "in a chariot" is a mistake.