⁶ Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the ^[a]Philistine, that ^(A)the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments. ⁷ So the women ^(B)sang as they danced, and said:

⁸ Then Saul was very angry, and the saying ^(D)displeased him; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but ^(E)the kingdom?” ⁹ So Saul ^[b]eyed David from that day forward.

¹⁰ And it happened on the next day that ^(F)the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, ^(G)and he prophesied inside the house. So David ^(H)played music with his hand, as at other times; ^(I)but there was a spear in Saul’s hand. ¹¹ And Saul ^(J)cast the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” But David escaped his presence twice.

¹⁰ Then Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away from Saul’s presence; and he drove the spear into the wall. So David fled and escaped that night.

³³ Then Saul ^(A)cast a spear at him to ^[a]kill him, ^(B)by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David.