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NASB | 1 Samuel 19:10 Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, so that he stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 19:10 Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul's presence, so that Saul only stuck the spear into the wall. Then David fled and escaped that night. |
Bible Question: I asked this question before. The Answer I got was a attitude. That was Saul's attitude. The Scripture states a evil spirit from the Lord. I want know what the scripture means by this. Matt 7:18 states a good tree cannot bring evil fruit and Rom 12:9 state that we should abhor that which is evil |
Bible Answer: Hi Shermanj, I think that you must realize that evil doesn't come from God but that He does allow evil to exist and uses it for His glory. That is the pat answer. The place where we see that very thing for your study is in the earlier chapter of 1 Samuel. 1Samuel 15:10, "Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 'I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands." So we see that Saul was in the process of having the kingdom torn from him, verse 16, by the Lord. In 1 Samuel 16:13 we see David anointed by Samuel "and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward." Verse 14, Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord terrorized him." This spirit, whether it was his conscience bothering him, or indeed some means that God allowed to influence him; this set in motion the introduction of David into his life and the loss of his kingdom. So we see the contrast between the "evil spirit" from the (Lord) on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand--and "the Spirit of the (Lord)" who came mightily upon David in 1 Samuel 16:13. Chapter 18 says that the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul. And the Lord's will was done and David became king. So whether it is through an "evil spirit from the Lord" or "a sound sleep from the Lord" as in 1 Samuel 26:12, God is sovereign and His will is done. |
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