Our text today is verse 9. “But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed and be guiltless?” Have you ever had a bad leader? A politician? A boss? A football manager? A minister? What would you do about it? Would you respect them or rebel against them? David was in a pickle like this. David had a bad boss, he had a bad king so what should he do? Should he show respect or lead a rebellion? There were also these bad wee rips called the Ziphites and they were always agitating and egging Saul on to attack David
