1 Samuel 18:10-16

18:10 The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre ¹  that day. There was a spear in Saul’s hand, 18:11 and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

18:12 So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. 18:13 Saul removed David ²  from his presence and made him a commanding officer. ³  David led the army out to battle and back. ⁴  18:14 Now David achieved success in all he did, ⁵  for the Lord was with him. 18:15 When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him. 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.

[18:10]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

[18:13]  ² tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:13]  ³ tn Heb “an officer of a thousand.”

[18:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he went out and came in before the people.” See v. 16.

[18:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “in all his ways.”