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Then there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines and struck them with a great slaughter, so that they fled before him. Now there was (A)an evil spirit from Yahweh 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 [a]pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, so that he [b]stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

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  1. 1 Samuel 19:10 Lit strike David and the wall
  2. 1 Samuel 19:10 Lit struck

War broke out again after that, and David led his troops against the Philistines. He attacked them with such fury that they all ran away.

But one day when Saul was sitting at home, with spear in hand, the tormenting spirit[a] from the Lord suddenly came upon him again. As David played his harp, 10 Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night.

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  1. 19:9 Or evil spirit.