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1 Samuel 18:8-10
Lexham English Bible

8 Saul became very angry,[a] and this saying displeased him,[b] and he thought, “They have attributed to David ten thousands, but to me they have attributed thousands! What more can he have but the kingdom?”[c] 9 So Saul was watching[d] David with suspicion from that day onward.

10 On[e] the next day, the evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house. Now David was playing the lyre with his hand on that day as usual,[f] and the spear was in Saul’s hand.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 18:8 Literally “And it was very hot for Saul”
  2. 1 Samuel 18:8 Literally “this thing was bad in his eyes”
  3. 1 Samuel 18:8 Literally “And still for him is only the kingdom”
  4. 1 Samuel 18:9 The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads “sin”; the translation follows the reading tradition (Qere) which has “eyeing” or “watching”
  5. 1 Samuel 18:10 Literally “And it happened from”
  6. 1 Samuel 18:10 Literally “as day on day”
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