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So Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul and in his presence as before.

Once again war broke out, and David marched out and fought the Philistines, and inflicted a great slaughter on them and they fled before him. Yet once again an evil spirit from Adonai came upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, as David was playing music with his hand.

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So Jonathan called David and told him the whole conversation. He brought him to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.(A)

Once more war broke out, and David went out and fought the Philistines. He struck them with such force that they fled before him.

But an evil[a] spirit(B) 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,(C)

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  1. 1 Samuel 19:9 Or But a harmful