But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the Lord’s anointed and be innocent?” (A) 10 David added, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down:(B) either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish. 11 However, as the Lord is my witness, I will never lift my hand against the Lord’s anointed.(C) Instead, take the spear and the water jug by his head, and let’s go.”

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