1 Samuel

⁸This song upset Saul and he became very angry. Saul thought, “The women give David credit for killing tens of thousands of the enemy, and they give me credit for only thousands. A little more of this and they will give him the kingdom itself!” ⁹So from that time on, Saul watched David very closely. ¹⁰The next day, an evil spirit from God took control of Saul and he went wild in his house. David played the harp to calm him as he usually did, ¹¹but Saul had a spear in his hand. He thought, “I’ll pin David to the wall.” Saul threw the spear twice, but David jumped out of the way both times. ¹²The Lord had left Saul and was now with David, so Saul was afraid of David. ¹³Saul sent David away and made him a commander over 1000 soldiers. This put David out among the men even more as they went into battle and returned. ¹⁴The Lord was with David, so he was successful in everything.