11 and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.
1 Samuel 18:11
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1 Samuel 19:9–11
9 But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp, 10 Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away,…
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1 Chronicles 20:6–8
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2 Samuel 1:14–16
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Sirach 47:3–5
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