A Distressing Spirit Troubles Saul

14 (A)But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and (B)a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him.

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David in Saul’s Service

14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed(A) from Saul, and an evil[a] spirit(B) from the Lord tormented him.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 16:14 Or and a harmful; similarly in verses 15, 16 and 23

10 And it happened on the next day that (A)the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, (B)and he prophesied inside the house. So David (C)played music with his hand, as at other times; (D)but there was a spear in Saul’s hand.

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10 The next day an evil[a] spirit(A) from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre,(B) as he usually(C) did. Saul had a spear(D) in his hand

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:10 Or a harmful

11 And Saul (A)cast the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” But David escaped his presence twice.

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11 and he hurled it, saying to himself,(A) “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded(B) him twice.(C)

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