10 ¶ And on the morrow, the evil spirit of God came upon Saul, and he [a]prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand like as at other times, and there was a spear in Saul’s hand.

11 And Saul took the spear, and said, I will smite David through to the wall. But David avoided twice out of his presence.

12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.

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  1. 1 Samuel 18:10 That is, spake as a man beside himself: for so the people abused this word, when they could not understand.

10 The next day an evil[a] spirit(A) from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre,(B) as he usually(C) did. Saul had a spear(D) in his hand 11 and he hurled it, saying to himself,(E) “I’ll pin David to the wall.” But David eluded(F) him twice.(G)

12 Saul was afraid(H) of David, because the Lord(I) was with(J) David but had departed from(K) Saul.

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  1. 1 Samuel 18:10 Or a harmful