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David Has to Flee Again

War came again, so David went out and fought against the Philistines and defeated them thoroughly[a] so that they fled before him. Then the evil spirit from Yahweh came upon Saul while he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing a stringed instrument in his hand. 10 So Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear,[b] but he eluded Saul,[c] so that he struck the spear into the wall, and David fled and escaped that same night.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 19:8 Literally “he struck them down with a great blow”
  2. 1 Samuel 19:10 Literally “to strike with the spear on David and to the wall”
  3. 1 Samuel 19:10 Literally “he escaped from the presence of Saul”