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David Serves Saul and Eases His Torment

1 Samuel 16:14-23

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14 And the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him. 15 And Saul's servants said to him, "Look, an evil spirit from God is terrifying you." 16 Let someone say, "Please, our lord, your servants who are before you—let them seek a man who knows how to play the lyre. And it will be, when the evil spirit from God is upon you, that he will play with his hand, and it will be good for you." 17 Saul said to his servants, "Find me a good man who can play, and I will send for him." 18 One of the young men answered and said, "I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite. He knows how to play, and he is a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, a man of good appearance, and the LORD is with him." 19 Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David, who is with the flock." 20 And Jesse took a donkey, bread, and a skin of wine and one kid of the goats, and he sent them by the hand of David his son to Saul. 21 David came to Saul and stood before him, and he loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer. 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes." 23 And whenever the wind from God came upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand. And there was relief for Saul, and it was good for him, and the wind of the evil one departed from him.