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 19:8-10
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Michal Helps David Escape from Saul
8 Again there was war, and David went out to fight the Philistines. He launched a heavy attack on them, so that they fled before him. 9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing music.(A) 10 Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he eluded Saul, so that he struck the spear into the wall. David fled and escaped that night.(B)
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