(To David, in front of the sleeping Saul) “God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him [a]at once … - Abishai

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(To David, in front of the sleeping Saul) “God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day. Now therefore, please, let me strike him [a]at once with the spear, right to the earth; and I will not have to strike him a second time!”.

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About Abishai

Abishai was a military leader under the biblical King David. He was the eldest son of David's sister Zeruiah. According to Josephus (Antiquities, VII, 1, 3) his father was called Suri. The meaning of his name is "Father of a gift". He was the brother of Joab and Asahel.

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