1 Samuel 19:8-10
New English Translation
8 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. 9 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 Samuel 19:8 tn Heb “and he struck them down with a great blow.”
- 1 Samuel 19:9 tn Heb “[was] to.”
- 1 Samuel 19:9 tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”
- 1 Samuel 19:10 tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”
- 1 Samuel 19:10 tn Heb “fled and escaped.”
1 Samuel 19:8-10
Common English Bible
8 War broke out again. When David went out to fight the Philistines, he struck them with such force that they ran from him.
9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came over Saul.[a] He was sitting in his house with his spear in hand while David was playing music. 10 Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David escaped Saul. Saul drove the spear into the wall, but David fled and got away safely. That night
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- 1 Samuel 19:9 Or to Saul
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