1 Samuel 26:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸ Abishai said to David, “God has put your enemy in your power tonight. Now let me plunge his own spear through him and pin him to the ground with just one blow—I won't have to strike twice!”

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.