1 Samuel 19:9-11

19:9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon ¹  Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. ²  19:10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. ³  David escaped quickly ⁴  that night.

19:11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save yourself ⁵  tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

[19:9]  ¹ tn Heb “[was] to.”

[19:9]  ² tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

[19:10]  ³ tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”

[19:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “your life.”