1 Samuel 19:8-10

19:8 Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly ¹  and they ran away from him. 19:9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon ²  Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. ³  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. ⁴  David escaped quickly ⁵  that night.

[19:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and he struck them down with a great blow.”

[19:9]  ² tn Heb “[was] to.”

[19:9]  ³ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

[19:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”