1 Samuel 26 · Verse 7

1 Samuel 26:7

So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
1 Samuel 26:7, King James Version

1 Samuel 26:7 in other translations

BSBThat night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.
WEBSo David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around him.
ASVSo David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.
YLTAnd David cometh--and Abishai--unto the people by night, and lo, Saul is lying sleeping in the path, and his spear struck into the earth at his pillow, and abner and the people are lying round about him.
DARBYAnd David and Abishai came to the people by night, and behold, Saul lay sleeping within the wagon-defence, and his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay round about him.
BBESo David and Abishai came down to the army by night: and Saul was sleeping inside the ring of carts with his spear planted in the earth by his head: and Abner and the people were sleeping round him.
WebsterSo David and Abishai came to the people by night, and behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay about him.

What does 1 Samuel 26:7 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 26:1-12

How soon do unholy hearts lose the good impressions convictions have made upon them! How helpless were Saul and all his men! All as though disarmed and chained, yet nothing is done to them; they are only asleep. How easily can God weaken the strongest, befool the wisest, and baffle the most watchful! David still resolved to wait till God thought fit to avenge him on Saul. He will by no means force his way to the…

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1 Samuel 26:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּבֹא֩vai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935
דָוִ֨דda.VidDavidH1732
וַאֲבִישַׁ֥י\׀va.'a.vi.Shaiand AbishaiH52
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הָעָם֮ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
לַיְלָה֒lay.LahnightH3915
וְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
שָׁא֗וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
שֹׁכֵ֤בsho.Khev[was] lyingH7901
יָשֵׁן֙ya.ShensleepingH3463
בַּמַּעְגָּ֔לba.ma'.Galin the campH4570
וַחֲנִית֥וֹva.cha.ni.Toand spear hisH2595
מְעוּכָֽה\־me.'u.khah-[was] thrustH4600
בָאָ֖רֶץva.'A.retzin the groundH776
מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֑יוme.ra.'a.sho.tov[the] place of head hisH4763
וְאַבְנֵ֣רve.'av.Nerand AbnerH74
וְהָעָ֔םve.ha.'Amand the peopleH5971
שֹׁכְבִ֖יםsho.khe.Vim[were] lyingH7901
סְבִיבֹתָֽיו\׃\ \סse.vi.vo.tovaround himH5439

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Cross references for 1 Samuel 26:7

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 26:6

    Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.

  • 1 Samuel 26:7

    So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.

  • 1 Samuel 26:8

    Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

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1 Samuel 26:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		David pues y Abisai vinieron al pueblo de noche: y he aquí Saúl que estaba tendido durmiendo en la trinchera, y su lanza hincada en tierra á su cabecera; y Abner y el pueblo estaban alrededor de él tendidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et David et Abishaï vinrent de nuit vers le peuple; et voici, Saül dormait, couché dans l’enceinte des chars, sa lance fichée en terre à son chevet; et Abner et le peuple étaient couchés autour de lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und David und Abisai kamen zu dem Volke bei der Nacht; und siehe, Saul lag schlafend in der Wagenburg, und sein Speer war in die Erde gesteckt zu seinen Häupten; und Abner und das Volk lagen rings um ihn her.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Venerunt ergo David et Abisai ad populum nocte, et invenerunt Saul jacentem et dormientem in tentorio, et hastam fixam in terra ad caput ejus: Abner autem et populum dormientes in circuitu ejus.