3779937 David spares the life of Saul. - Bible by Hole, William Brassey (1846-1917); (add.info.: David spares the life of Saul. I Samuel 26: 8 - 11. \'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. 9 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD\'s anointed, and be guiltless? 10 David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. 11 The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD\'s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.\' Illustration by William Hole 1846 - 1917 Old Testament History by William Hole, 1925 Eyre & Spottiswoode, London); Lebrecht History.