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 1 that day. There was a spear in Saul’s hand, 18:11 and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.
18:12 So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. 18:13 Saul removed David 2 from his presence and made him a commanding officer. 3 David led the army out to battle and back. 4 18:14 Now David achieved success in all he did, 5 for the Lord was with him. 18:15 When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him. 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.
1 tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”
2 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “an officer of a thousand.”
4 tn Heb “and he went out and came in before the people.” See v. 16.
5 tn Heb “in all his ways.”