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11 and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

12 So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul. 13 Saul removed David[a] from his presence and made him a commanding officer.[b] David led the army out to battle and back.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:13 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 1 Samuel 18:13 tn Heb “an officer of a thousand.”
  3. 1 Samuel 18:13 tn Heb “and he went out and came in before the people.” See v. 16.