1 Samuel 16:14

David Appears before Saul

16:14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit ¹  from the Lord tormented him.

1 Samuel 10:6

10:6 Then the spirit of the Lord will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.

1 Samuel 11:6

11:6 The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and he became very angry.

1 Samuel 16:15

16:15 Then Saul’s servants said to him, “Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you!”

1 Samuel 16:23

16:23 So whenever the spirit from God would come upon Saul, David would take his lyre and play it. This would bring relief to Saul and make him feel better. Then the evil spirit would leave him alone. ² 

1 Samuel 1:15

1:15 But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, ³  my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. ⁴  I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to ⁵  the Lord.

1 Samuel 10:10

10:10 When Saul and his servant ⁶  arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul ⁷  and he prophesied among them.

1 Samuel 19:9

19:9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon ⁸  Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 16:13

16:13 So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:16

16:16 Let our lord instruct his servants who are here before you to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then whenever the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he can play the lyre ¹⁰  and you will feel better.” ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 18:10

18:10 The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre ¹²  that day. There was a spear in Saul’s hand,

1 Samuel 19:20

19:20 So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.

1 Samuel 19:23

19:23 So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. The Spirit of God came upon him as well, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

1 Samuel 30:12

30:12 They gave him a slice of pressed figs and two bunches of raisins to eat. This greatly refreshed him, ¹³  for he had not eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights.

¹ 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.”

² tn Heb “would turn aside from upon him.”

³ tn Heb “No.”

⁴ tn Heb “I am a woman difficult of spirit.” The LXX has “for whom the day is difficult,” apparently mistaking the Hebrew word for “spirit” רוּחַ (ruakh) to be the word for “day” יוֹם (yom).

⁵ tn Heb “before.”

⁴ tc Two medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta have the singular “he” (in which case the referent would be Saul alone).

⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “[was] to.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

⁶ tn Heb “and he will play with his hand.”

⁷ tn Heb “and it will be better for you.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

⁸ tn Heb “his spirit returned to him.”