1 Samuel 18:11-13

New International Version - UK

¹¹ and he hurled it, saying to himself, ‘I’ll pin David to the wall.’ But David eluded him twice.

¹² Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul. ¹³ So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns.