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David Becomes Saul’s Armor Bearer

14 (A)Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and (B)an evil spirit from Yahweh terrorized 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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  1. 1 Samuel 16:14 Or and a harmful; similarly in verses 15, 16 and 23

10 Now it happened on the next day that (A)an evil spirit from God [a]came mightily upon Saul, and (B)he raved in the midst of the house. Now David was playing the harp with his hand, [b](C)as usual; and [c](D)a spear was in Saul’s hand. 11 (E)Then Saul hurled the spear for he thought, “I will [d]pin David to the wall.” But David [e]escaped from his presence twice.

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  1. 1 Samuel 18:10 Lit succeeded, rushed upon
  2. 1 Samuel 18:10 Lit day by day
  3. 1 Samuel 18:10 Lit the
  4. 1 Samuel 18:11 Lit strike David and the wall
  5. 1 Samuel 18:11 Lit turned about

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

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  1. 1 Samuel 18:10 Or a harmful