1st Samuel Chapter 19 verse 9 Holy Bible
And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
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And an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul, when he was seated in his house with his spear in his hand; and David made music for him.
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And an evil spirit from Jehovah was upon Saul. And he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David played with his hand.
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And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
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And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
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An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
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And a spirit of sadness `from' Jehovah is unto Saul, and he is sitting in his house, and his javelin in his hand, and David is playing with the hand,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) And the evil spirit . . . was upon Saul.--Again the terrible malady was upon the king--not unlikely brought on by the wild storm of jealous fury which Saul allowed to sweep unchecked across his soul. Once more--"Out of the black mid-tent's silence, a space of three days,Not a sound hath escaped to thy servants of prayer nor ofpraise,To betoken that Saul and the spirit have ended their strife,And that, faint in his triumph, the monarch sinks backupon life."BROWNING: Saul.But the time when the skilled musician with his Divine strains had roused him into life again was passed (see 1Samuel 16:21-23), not now as in old days, when, to use the words the great poet put into David's mouth--"--I looked up to know . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewBut as Saulוְהוּא֙ (wə·hū)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, arewas sittingיוֹשֵׁ֔ב (yō·wō·šêḇ)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marryin his houseבְּבֵית֣וֹ (bə·ḇê·ṯōw)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 1004: A housewith his spearוַחֲנִית֖וֹ (wa·ḥă·nî·ṯōw)Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 2595: A lancein his hand,בְּיָד֑וֹ (bə·yā·ḏōw)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 3027: A handa spiritר֨וּחַ (rū·aḥ)Noun - common singular constructStrong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spiritof distressרָעָה֙ (rā·‘āh)Adjective - feminine singularStrong's 7451: Bad, evilfrom the LORDיְהוָ֤ה ׀ (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelcameוַתְּהִי֩ (wat·tə·hî)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, beuponאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, tohim.שָׁא֔וּל (šā·’ūl)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two IsraelitesWhile Davidוְדָוִ֖ד (wə·ḏā·wiḏ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jessewas playing the harp,מְנַגֵּ֥ן (mə·nag·gên)Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 5059: To touch or play a stringed instrumentJump to PreviousDavid Evil Hand Harp House Javelin Lyre Music Played Playing Sadness Sat Saul Seated Sitting Spear Spirit