1 Samuel 15:19

15:19 Why haven’t you obeyed ¹  the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.” ² 

1 Samuel 16:14-15

David Appears before Saul

16:14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit ³  from the Lord tormented him. 16:15 Then Saul’s servants said to him, “Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you!”

1 Samuel 29:7

29:7 So turn and leave ⁴  in peace. You must not do anything that the leaders of the Philistines consider improper!” ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “listened to the voice of the Lord.”

² tn Heb “you have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

³ tn Or “an injurious spirit”; cf. NLT “a tormenting spirit.” The phrase need not refer to an evil, demonic spirit. The Hebrew word translated “evil” may refer to the character of the spirit or to its effect upon Saul. If the latter, another translation option might be “a mischief-making spirit.”

⁵ tn Heb “go.”

⁶ tn Heb “and you must not do evil in the eyes of the leaders of the Philistines.”