8 Then Abishai said to David, God has delivered thy enemy into thy hand today; now, therefore, let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear [and pin him] to the earth at once, and I will not [need] a second opportunity.

9 And David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him, for who has stretched forth his hand against the LORD'S anointed, and remained innocent?

10 David said furthermore, [As] the LORD lives, if the LORD does not smite him or his day comes to die or he descends into battle and perishes,