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Saul was very angry and he did not like what the women sang. He told himself,[a] “They have attributed tens of thousands to David, but to me they have attributed thousands. What else can he have but the kingdom?” From then on Saul kept his eye on David.[b]

10 The next day, while David was playing the lyre[c] as he had before, the evil spirit from the Lord attacked Saul, and he began to rave[d] inside the house with a spear in his hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:8 The Heb. lacks to himself
  2. 1 Samuel 18:9 Or eyed David with suspicion
  3. 1 Samuel 18:10 Lit. playing with his hand
  4. 1 Samuel 18:10 Or prophesy