1 Samuel 26:8

8 —¡Esta vez, sin duda alguna, Dios te ha entregado a tu enemigo! —le susurró Abisai a David—. Déjame que lo clave en la tierra con un solo golpe de mi lanza; ¡no hará falta darle dos!

1 Samuel 26:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 26:8

Then said Abishai to David
Seeing Saul fast asleep, and a spear so near him:

God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day:
or at this time, properly it was night:

now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear;
with Saul's own spear, which was stuck in the ground at his bolster. He remembered that David would not put forth his hand to stay him before, when he had an opportunity; and since now another offered, he did not move it to him to do it, but begged leave to do it himself; which he might think would be granted, since there was such a remarkable hand of Providence in it, which seemed to direct to such a step:

even to the earth at once, and I will not [smite] him the second time;
signifying, that he would give such a home blow or thrust, that the spear should pierce through him, and fasten him to the ground, that there would be no need to repeat it.

1 Samuel 26:8 In-Context

6 —¿Quién se ofrece a ir conmigo al campamento? —preguntó David a Ahimelec el hitita y a Abisai, hijo de Sarvia, hermano de Joab.
—Yo voy contigo —contestó Abisai.

7 Entonces David y Abisai fueron directo al campamento de Saúl y lo encontraron dormido, con su lanza clavada en tierra junto a su cabeza. Abner y los soldados estaban dormidos alrededor de él.

8 —¡Esta vez, sin duda alguna, Dios te ha entregado a tu enemigo! —le susurró Abisai a David—. Déjame que lo clave en la tierra con un solo golpe de mi lanza; ¡no hará falta darle dos!

9 —¡No! —dijo David—, no lo mates. Pues ¿quién quedará inocente después de atacar al ungido del Señor
?

10 Seguro que el Señor
herirá a Saúl algún día, o morirá de viejo o en batalla.