⁶ When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing,^(A) with joyful songs and with timbrels^(B) and lyres. ⁷ As they danced, they sang:^(C)

⁸ Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?^(E)” ⁹ And from that time on Saul kept a close^(F) eye on David.

¹⁰ The next day an evil^[a] spirit^(G) from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre,^(H) as he usually^(I) did. Saul had a spear^(J) in his hand ¹¹ and he hurled it, saying to himself,^(K) “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded^(L) him twice.^(M)

¹⁰ Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded^(A) him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.

³³ But Saul hurled his spear at him to kill him. Then Jonathan knew that his father intended^(A) to kill David.