1Sa 26:8, 2Sa 16:9-10 | ESV | STEP | Then Abishai said to David , God has given your enemy into your hand this day . Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear , and I will not strike him twice .

1 Samuel 26:8

8 Then Abishai said to David, ^a“God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.”

2 Samuel 16:9-10

9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this ^bdead dog ^ccurse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.” 10 But the king said, ^d“What have I to do with you, ^eyou sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”