Wherefore Saul [a]had an eye on David from that day forward.

10 ¶ And on the morrow, the evil spirit of God came upon Saul, and he [b]prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand like as at other times, and there was a spear in Saul’s hand.

11 And Saul took the spear, and said, I will smite David through to the wall. But David avoided twice out of his presence.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:9 Because he bare him envy and hatred.
  2. 1 Samuel 18:10 That is, spake as a man beside himself: for so the people abused this word, when they could not understand.

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