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1 Samuel 19:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Samuel 19:8-10
1599 Geneva Bible
8 ¶ Again the war began, and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him.
9 ¶ And the evil spirit of the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house having his spear in his hand, and David [a]played with his hand.
10 And Saul intended to smite David to the wall with the spear: but he turned aside out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the spear against the wall: but David fled, and escaped the same night.
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- 1 Samuel 19:9 He played on his harp to mitigate the rage of the evil spirit, as 1 Sam. 16:23.
1 Samuel 19:8-10
New International Version
1 Samuel 19:8-10
New International Version
8 Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.
9 But an evil[a] spirit(A) from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the lyre,(B) 10 Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded(C) him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.
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- 1 Samuel 19:9 Or But a harmful
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