So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
Ver. 7. So David and Abishai came.] Ahimelech belike durst not venture, or else David was willing to have but only one with him, for secrecy sake.
But Abner and the people lay round about him.] See on 1 Samuel 26:5 .