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David spares Saul again in the wilderness of Ziph

David and Abishai entered Saul's camp by night while the LORD had put the army into deep sleep. David refused to strike the LORD's anointed, took Saul's spear and water jug, and again demonstrated his innocence (1 Samuel 26:1-25).

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📖 1 Samuel 26:1–3

1Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?” 2So Saul, accompanied by three thousand chosen men of Israel, went down to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there. 3Saul camped beside the road at the hill of Hachilah opposite Jeshimon, but David was living in the wilderness. When he realized that Saul had followed him there,

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Sources: Scripture — 1 Samuel 26:1-25
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