1 Samuel 16:23

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And so when the euill spirite of God came vpon Saul, Dauid toke an harpe and played with his hand: and so Saul was refreshed, & did amende, and the euyll spirite departed from him.

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  • 1 Sam 19:8-10
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    87%

    8And the warre began againe, and Dauid went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slue them with a great slaughter, and they fled from hym.

    9And the euyl spirite of the Lorde was vpon Saul as he sate in his house, hauing a iauelin in his hand: And Dauid played with his hand.

    10And Saul entended to smyte Dauid to the wall with the iauelyn: But he ryd him selfe out of Sauls presence, as he smote the speare into the walle: And Dauid fled & was saued the same night.

  • 1 Sam 16:13-19
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    13Therefore Samuel toke the horne with the annoyntment, and annoynted him in the middes of his brethren. And the spirite of the Lorde came vpon Dauid from that daye forwarde: And Samuel rose vp, and went to Rama.

    14But the spirite of the Lorde departed from Saul, and an euill spirite sent of the Lord vexed him.

    15And Sauls seruauntes said vnto him: Beholde, an euill spirite sent of God vexeth thee.

    16Let our Lorde therefore commaunde thy seruauntes (that are before thee) to seeke a man that is a cunnyng player with an harpe: that when the euill spirite of God commeth vpon thee, he may play with his hande, & thou shalt be eased.

    17Saul sayd vnto his seruauntes: Prouide me a man then that can play well, and bring him to me.

    18The aunswered one of his seruauntes and said: Beholde, I haue seene a sonne of Isai the Bethlehemite, that can play vpon instrumentes, and is strong, valiaunt, and a man of warre, and prudent in doing of feates, and well made, and the Lorde is with him.

    19Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Isai, and said: Sende me Dauid thy sonne, which is with the sheepe.

  • 1 Sam 18:9-13
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    9Wherfore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forwarde.

    10And on the morow, the euyll spirite sent of God came vpon Saul, and he prophesied in the middes of ye house: And Dauid played with his hand, like as at other tymes: & there was a iauelyn in Sauls hand.

    11And Saul toke the iauelyn, and sayd: I will nayle Dauid to the wall with it. And Dauid auoyded out of his presence two times.

    12And Saul was afrayde of Dauid, because the Lorde was with him, & was departed from Saul.

    13Therefore Saul put him from him, and made him a captaine ouer a thousand, and he went out and in before the people.

  • 1 Sam 16:21-22
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    21And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him, and he loued him very well, & he was made his harnesse bearer.

    22And Saul sent to Isai, saying: Let Dauid nowe remaine with me, for he hath founde fauour in my sight.

  • 1 Sam 17:31
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    31And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be fet.

  • 1 Sam 19:20
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    20And Saul sent messengers to fet Dauid: And when they sawe a company of prophetes prophecying, & Samuel standing as appoynted ouer them, the spirite of God fell vpon the messengers of Saul, and they prophecied to.

  • 1 Sam 11:6
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    6And the spirite of God came vpon Saul when he heard those tydinges, & he was exceeding angrie.

  • 2 Kgs 3:15
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    15But now bryng me a minstrell. And when the minstrell played, the hand of the Lorde came vpon him:

  • 1 Sam 24:16
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    16When Dauid had made an ende of speaking these wordes to Saul, Saul sayde: Is this thy voyce my sonne Dauid? And Saul lift vp his voyce, and wept,

  • 1 Sam 18:5-6
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    5And Dauid went out whythersoeuer Saul sent him, and behaued him selfe wysely: And Saul set hym ouer his men of warre, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, & in the sight of Sauls seruauntes.

    6And as they came againe when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dausing, to meete king Saul, with timbrels, with ioy, and with instrumentes of musicke.

  • 2 Sam 22:1
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    1And Dauid spake the wordes of this song vnto the Lorde, what time the Lorde had delyuered him out of the hand of al his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
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    25Then Saul saide to Dauid: Blessed art thou my sonne Dauid, for thou shalt do great thinges and preuaile. And so Dauid went his way, and Saul turned to his place agayne.

  • 1 Sam 10:26
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    26And Saul also went home to Gibea, and there folowed him a band of men, whose heartes God had touched.

  • 1 Sam 19:23
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    23And he went thyther euen to Naioth in Rama, and the spirite of God came vpon him also, and he went prophecying vntill he came to Naioth in Rama.

  • 1 Sam 10:9-10
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    9And when he had turned his backe to go fro Samuel, God gaue him another hearte, and all those tokens came to passe that same day.

    10And when they came thyther to the hill, beholde, the companie of prophetes met him, and the spirite of God came vpon him, & he prophecied among the.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
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    1When Saul was come againe fro folowing after ye Philistines, there were which told him, saying: Behold, Dauid is in the wildernesse of Engadi.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
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    46And then Saul departed vp from folowing the Philistines: And the Philistines went to their owne place.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
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    15Wherefore when Saul sawe that he was so exceeding wise, he was afrayde of him.

  • 1 Sam 28:3
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    3Samuel was then dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Rama his owne citie: And Saul had put away the sorcerers, and the soothsayers out of the land.

  • 1 Sam 24:9
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    9And Dauid sayde to Saul: Wherfore geuest thou an eare to mens wordes that say, beholde Dauid seketh euyll against thee?

  • 1 Sam 14:19
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    19And while Saul talked vnto ye priest, the noyse that was in the hoaste of the Philistines spred farther abrode and encreased. And Saul sayd vnto the priest: Withdrawe thyne hande.

  • 1 Sam 23:13
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    13Then Dauid, & his men, whiche were vpon a sixe hundred, arose and departed out of Keila, and went whyther they coulde: And it was tolde Saul that Dauid was fled from Keila, and he let the iourney alone.

  • 1 Sam 28:15
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    15And Samuel said to Saul: Why hast thou vnquieted me, to make me be brought vp? Saul aunswered: I am sore encumbred, for ye Philistines make warre against me, and God is departed from me, and aunswereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreames: And therefore I haue called thee, that thou mayest tell me what I shall do.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
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    37And Dauid spake moreouer: The Lord that deliuered me out of the hand of the lion, and out of the hande of the beare, he shal deliuer me also out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul sayd vnto Dauid: Go, and the Lorde shall be with thee.

  • 1 Sam 19:14
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    14And when Saul sent messengers to fetche Dauid, she said, he is sicke.

  • 1 Sam 23:15-16
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    15And Dauid sawe that Saul was come out to seke his lyfe: And Dauid was in the wildernesse of Ziph in the wood.

    16And Ionathan Sauls sonne arose and went to Dauid into the wood, and comforted his hande in God,

  • 1 Sam 27:1
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    1And Dauid sayd in his heart, I shall perishe one day by the hand of Saul: therefore is there nothing better for me, then to flee and saue my self in the land of the Philistines, and Saul shall ceasse and seeke me no more in all the coastes of Israel, and so shall I escape out of his hand.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57And whe Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner toke him, & brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 24:5
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    5And afterwarde Dauids heart smote him, because he had cut of the lap of Sauls garment.

  • 1 Chr 13:8
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    8And Dauid and all Israel played before the arke of God with all their might, with singing, and harpes, psalteries, and tymbrels, and cymbales, and trumpettes.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
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    26And Saul and his men went on the one syde of the mountayne, and Dauid & his men on the other syde of the mountaine: And Dauid made haste to get fro the presence of Saul. For Saul and his men, compassed Dauid and his men round about, to take them.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
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    30The Lordes of the Philistines vsed to go foorth, and whe they went foorth Dauid behaued him selfe more wysely then all the seruauntes of Saul, so that his name was much set by.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
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    7And so Dauid kept of his seruauntes with these wordes, and suffred them not to rise against Saul: But Saul rose vp out of the caue, and went away.

  • 1 Sam 23:21
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    21And Saul sayde: Blessed are ye in the Lord, for ye haue compassion on me: