1 Samuel 26:16 meaning and explanation
This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
1 Samuel 26:16, Berean Standard Bible
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David shouts across the valley to Abner, Saul's general, after he and Abishai slipped into the sleeping camp and took Saul's spear and water jug. A guard who lets an intruder reach the king has failed his post, and David says so bluntly, telling Abner and his men they deserve to die.
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