The fact of whether or not his life was in danger is irrelevant - what's relevant is whether he had a reasonable belief that his life was in danger from what he presumably assumed were home-invasion robbers in the process of breaking in to his home.
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Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!"
1 Samuel 13:19
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