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11 Then Saul hurled the spear and thought, “I will pin David to the wall.”[a] But David eluded him twice. 12 Now Saul was threatened by the presence of David[b] because Yahweh was with him, but had departed from Saul. 13 So Saul removed him from his presence,[c] and made him commander of a thousand, so he[d] marched in and out at the front of the army.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:11 Literally “I will strike David and to the wall”
  2. 1 Samuel 18:12 Literally “And Saul was afraid from the presence of David”
  3. 1 Samuel 18:13 Literally “from with him”
  4. 1 Samuel 18:13 That is, David
  5. 1 Samuel 18:13 Literally “for he was going out and was coming in before the army”