1 Samuel 16:14-23

Jubilee Bible 2000

¹⁴ ¶ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

¹⁵ And Saul’s slaves said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles thee.

¹⁶ Let our lord now command thy slaves, which are before thee, to seek out a man who is a cunning player on a harp, and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand and thou shalt have relief.

¹⁷ And Saul said unto his slaves, Provide me now a man that can play well and bring him to me.

¹⁸ Then one of the servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem, that is cunning in playing and a mighty valiant man and a man of war and prudent in speech and handsome, and the LORD is with him.

¹⁹ Therefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse and said, Send me David, thy son, who is with the sheep.

²⁰ And Jesse took an ass laden with bread and a bottle of wine and a kid and sent them by David, his son, unto Saul.

²¹ And David came to Saul and stood before him; and he loved him greatly, and he became his armourbearer.

²² And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found favour in my sight.

²³ And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed and was better, and the evil spirit departed from him.