10 The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear, 11 and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice. 12 So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
1 Samuel 18:10–12
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