1 Samuel 16:17

16:17 So Saul said to his servants, “Find ¹  me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”

1 Samuel 16:16

16:16 Let our lord instruct his servants who are here before you to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then whenever the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he can play the lyre ²  and you will feel better.” ³ 

1 Samuel 19:9

19:9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon ⁴  Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 16:18

16:18 One of his attendants replied, ⁶  “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem ⁷  who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior ⁸  and is articulate ⁹  and handsome, ¹⁰  for the Lord is with him.”

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. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 18:10

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 ¹²  that day. There was a spear in Saul’s hand,

[16:17]  ¹ tn Heb “see.”

[16:16]  ² tn Heb “and he will play with his hand.”

[16:16]  ³ tn Heb “and it will be better for you.”

[19:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “[was] to.”

[19:9]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

[16:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[16:18]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”

[16:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “discerning of word.”

[16:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “a man of form.”

[16:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “would turn aside from upon him.”

[18:10]  ¹² tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”