1 Samuel 19:8-10
English Standard Version
8 And there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines and struck them with a great blow, so that they fled before him. 9 (A)Then a harmful spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. (B)And David was playing the lyre. 10 (C)And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
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1 Samuel 19:8-10
International Standard Version
Saul Again Tries to Kill David
8 The war continued and David went out to fight against the Philistines. He thoroughly defeated them,[a] and they fled before David.[b] 9 The evil spirit from the Lord attacked Saul while he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand and David was playing the lyre. 10 Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he jumped away from Saul and the spear stuck in the wall. That night David escaped and fled.
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- 1 Samuel 19:8 Lit. he struck them down with a great slaughter
- 1 Samuel 19:8 Lit. him
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