1 Samuel 19:8-10
Expanded Bible
8 When war broke out again, David went out to ·fight [L strike] the Philistines. He ·defeated them [attacked them with great force], and they ran away from him.
9 But once again an ·evil [tormenting] spirit from the Lord ·rushed upon [overwhelmed; seized; possessed] Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. David was playing the ·harp [lyre]. 10 Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David ·jumped out of the way [slipped away; eluded him]. So Saul’s spear ·went into [stuck in] the wall, and David ·ran away [escaped] that night.
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1 Samuel 19:8-10
New American Standard Bible
8 When there was war again, David went out and fought the Philistines and [a]defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled from him. 9 Now there was (A)an evil spirit from the Lord on Saul as he was sitting in his house (B)with his spear in his hand, (C)and David was playing the harp with his hand. 10 (D)And Saul tried to [b]pin David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence, so that he stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.
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- 1 Samuel 19:8 Lit struck
- 1 Samuel 19:10 Lit strike David and the wall
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