1 Samuel 18:11

18:11 and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

1 Samuel 19:9-10

19:9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon ¹  Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. ²  19:10 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. ³  David escaped quickly ⁴  that night.

1 Samuel 19:15

19:15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him.”

[19:9]  ¹ tn Heb “[was] to.”

[19:9]  ² tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

[19:10]  ³ tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”