1 Samuel 19:9

1 Samuel 19:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
• New International Version (NIV)But an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. While David was playing the lyre,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then a harmful spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing the lyre.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now the distressing spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing music with his hand.

Context of 1 Samuel 19:9

7Then Jonathan called to David. He told David everything that the king had said. Jonathan took David back to Saul. So David served King Saul as he had done before. 8The war with the Philistines started again. David went out with his soldiers to fight against them. He attacked them so strongly that the Philistine soldiers ran away. Then the Lord caused an evil spirit to control Saul. Saul was sitting in his house. He had a spear in his hand. David was making music with his harp. 10Saul threw his spear at David. He wanted to fix David to the wall. But David moved out of the way and the spear hit the wall. That night, David ran away to escape from Saul. 11Saul sent some of his servants to watch David's house. Saul told them to kill David when he came out in the morning. But David's wife Michal warned him. She said, ‘You must run away tonight. If you do not escape, tomorrow you will die!’

1 Samuel 19:9 word by word

וַתְּהִי֩ ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֤ה׀ רָעָה֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל וְהוּא֙ בְּבֵית֣וֹ יוֹשֵׁ֔ב וַחֲנִית֖וֹ בְּיָד֑וֹ וְדָוִ֖ד מְנַגֵּ֥ן בְּיָֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• from the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was upon Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• as he satיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• with his javelinחֲנִיתchănîyth · spearH2595
• in his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• and Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• playedנָגַןnâgan · to playH5059

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 19:9

• 1 Samuel 16:14The Spirit of the Lord had now gone away from Saul. The Lord sent an evil spirit to Saul. It gave Saul trouble and fear in his mind.
• 1 Samuel 18:10The next day God caused an evil spirit to come and control Saul. Saul started to prophesy in his house. David was making music on his harp as he did every day. Saul had a spear in his hand.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 19:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9And the evil spirit from the Lord - His envy and jealousy again returned, producing distraction of mind, which was exacerbated by diabolic influence. See on 1 Samuel 16:14; (note).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-108-10. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter--A brilliant victory was gained over the public enemy. But these fresh laurels of David reawakened in the moody breast of Saul the former spirit of envy and melancholy. On David's return to court, the temper of Saul became more fiendish than ever; the melodious strains of the harp had lost all their power to charm; and in a paroxysm of uncontrollable frenzy he…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 19:9

• David
• Demons
• Holy Spirit
• Javelin
• Jealousy
• Michal

In the dictionaries

• David
• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• Evil Spirit
• Armour
• Harp
• Javelin
• Secret
• Watch
• Affliction

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings