¹¹ and he hurled it, saying to himself,^(A) “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded^(B) him twice.^(C)

⁹ But an evil^[a] spirit^(A) from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the lyre,^(B)

¹⁰ Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded^(A) him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.