1 Samuel 16:23

16:23 So whenever the spirit from God would come upon Saul, David would take his lyre and play it. This would bring relief to Saul and make him feel better. Then the evil spirit would leave him alone. ¹ 

1 Samuel 19:9

19:9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon ²  Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. ³ 

1 Samuel 30:17

30:17 But David struck them down from twilight until the following evening. None of them escaped, with the exception of four hundred young men who got away on camels. ⁴ 

[16:23]  ¹ tn Heb “would turn aside from upon him.”

[19:9]  ² tn Heb “[was] to.”

[19:9]  ³ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

[30:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “who rode on camels and fled.”