I Samuel 26:5,7,8
And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld
the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host:
and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. 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. 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. A second time, God delivered Saul right into David’s hand. And
a second time, David would not lift his hand against God’s anointed king. David
was patient and determined to wait for God to depose of the king. David knew
that two wrongs do not make one right. Just because Saul was evil did not give
David permission to murder him and take over his throne. David knew that he
would be king someday - in God’s own time.
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