9. But David said, “You must not harm him! The Lord will certainly punish whoever harms his chosen king.
10. By the living Lord,” David continued, “I know that the Lord himself will kill Saul, either when his time comes to die a natural death or when he dies in battle.
11. The Lord forbid that I should try to harm the one whom the Lord has made king! Let's take his spear and his water jar, and go.”
12. So David took the spear and the water jar from just beside Saul's head, and he and Abishai left. No one saw it or knew what had happened or even woke up — they were all sound asleep, because the Lord had sent a heavy sleep on them all.