¹⁰ The Spirit of the Lord came on him,^(A) so that he became Israel’s judge^[a] and went to war. The Lord gave Cushan-Rishathaim^(B) king of Aram^(C) into the hands of Othniel, who overpowered him.

²⁹ Then the Spirit^(A) of the Lord came on Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah^(B) of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites.^(C)

²⁵ and the Spirit of the Lord began to stir^(A) him while he was in Mahaneh Dan,^(B) between Zorah and Eshtaol.

⁶ The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him^(A) so that he tore the lion apart^(B) with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. But he told neither his father nor his mother what he had done.

¹⁹ Then the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him.^(A) He went down to Ashkelon,^(B) struck down thirty of their men, stripped them of everything and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger,^(C) he returned to his father’s home.

¹⁴ As he approached Lehi,^(A) the Philistines came toward him shouting. The Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him.^(B) The ropes on his arms became like charred flax,^(C) and the bindings dropped from his hands.

⁶ The Spirit^(A) of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed^(B) into a different person.

¹³ So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed^(A) him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord^(B) came powerfully upon David.^(C) Samuel then went to Ramah.

David in Saul’s Service

¹⁴ Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed^(D) from Saul, and an evil^[a] spirit^(E) from the Lord tormented him.^(F)