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Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly,[a] and they ran away from him. Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon[b] Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre.[c] 10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence, and the spear drove into the wall.[d] David escaped quickly[e] that night.

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  1. 1 Samuel 19:8 tn Heb “and he struck them down with a great blow.”
  2. 1 Samuel 19:9 tn Heb “[was] to.”
  3. 1 Samuel 19:9 tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”
  4. 1 Samuel 19:10 tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”
  5. 1 Samuel 19:10 tn Heb “fled and escaped.”

Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.

But an evil[a] spirit(A) from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the lyre,(B) 10 Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded(C) him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.

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  1. 1 Samuel 19:9 Or But a harmful