1 Samuel 16:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

And so when the euil spirite of God came vpon Saul, Dauid tooke an harpe and plaied with his hande, and Saul was refreshed, and was eased: for the euill spirit departed from him.

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  • 1 Sam 19:8-10
    3 verses
    87%

    8Againe the warre began, & Dauid went out & fought with the Philistims, and slew them with a great slaughter, and they fled from him.

    9And the euill spirit of the Lord was vpon Saul, as hee sate in his house hauing his speare in his hand, and Dauid played with his hand.

    10And Saul intended to smite Dauid to the wall with the speare: but hee turned aside out of Sauls presence, & he smote the speare against the wall: but Dauid fled, & escaped the same night.

  • 1 Sam 16:13-19
    7 verses
    86%

    13Then Samuel tooke the horne of oyle, and anoynted him in the middes of his brethren; the Spirit of the Lord came vpon Dauid, from that day forwarde: then Samuel rose vp, and went to Ramah.

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

    15And Sauls seruants said vnto him, Beholde nowe, the euill spirite of God vexeth thee.

    16Let our Lord therefore command thy seruants, that are before thee, to seeke a man that is a cunning plaier vpon the harpe: that when the euil spirit of God commeth vpon thee, hee may play with his hand, and thou maiest be eased.

    17Saul then saide vnto his seruantes, Prouide me a man, I pray you, that can play well, & bring him to me.

    18Then answered one of his seruauntes, and sayde, Beholde, I haue seene a sonne of Ishai, a Bethlehemite, that can plaie, and is strong, valiant and a man of warre and wise in matters, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him.

    19Wherefore Saul sent messengers vnto Ishai, and said, Send me Dauid thy sonne which is with the sheepe.

  • 1 Sam 18:9-13
    5 verses
    86%

    9Wherefore Saul had an eye on Dauid from that day forward.

    10And on the morowe, the euill spirite of God came vpon Saul, and he prophecied in the middes of the house: and Dauid played with his hand like as at other times, and there was a speare in Sauls hand.

    11And Saul tooke the speare, and sayd, I will smite Dauid through to the wall. But Dauid auoyded twise out of his presence.

    12And Saul was afrayd of Dauid, because the Lord was with him, & was departed from Saul.

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

  • 1 Sam 16:21-22
    2 verses
    77%

    21And Dauid came to Saul, and stoode before him: and he loued him verie well, and he was his armour bearer.

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

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    74%

    31And they that heard the wordes which Dauid spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be brought.

  • 1 Sam 19:20
    73%

    20And Saul sent messengers to take Dauid: & when they sawe a company of Prophets prophecying, and Samuel standing as appoynted ouer them, the Spirit of God fell vpon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophecied.

  • 1 Sam 11:6
    73%

    6Then the Spirit of God came vpon Saul, when he heard those tidings, and he was exceeding angrie,

  • 2 Kgs 3:15
    72%

    15But nowe bring me a minstrel; when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came vpon him.

  • 1 Sam 24:16
    72%

    16(24:17) Whe Dauid had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul sayd, Is this thy voyce, my sonne Dauid? & Saul lift vp his voice, & wept,

  • 1 Sam 18:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5And Dauid went out whithersoeuer Saul sent him, & behaued himselfe wisely: so that Saul set him ouer the men of warre, & he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Sauls seruants.

    6When they came againe, & Dauid returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, the women came out of all cities of Israel singing and dauncing to meete king Saul, with timbrels, with instruments of ioy, and with rebeckes.

  • 2 Sam 22:1
    71%

    1And Dauid spake the woordes of this song vnto the Lorde, what time the Lord had deliuered him out of the handes of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 26:25
    71%

    25Then Saul said to Dauid, Blessed art thou, my sonne Dauid: for thou shalt doe great things, and also preuaile. So Dauid went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

  • 1 Sam 10:26
    71%

    26Saul also went home to Gibeah, and there followed him a bande of men, whose heart God had touched,

  • 1 Sam 19:23
    71%

    23And he went thither, euen to Naioth in Ramah, and the Spirit of God came vpon him also, and he went prophecying vntill hee came to Naioth in Ramah.

  • 1 Sam 10:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9And when he had turned his backe to goe from Samuel, God gaue him another heart: and all those tokens came to passe that same day.

    10And when they came thither to the hill, beholde, the companie of Prophets meete him, and the Spirit of God came vpon him, & he prophecied among them.

  • 1 Sam 24:1
    71%

    1(24:2) When Saul was turned from ye Philistims, they told him, saying, Behold, Dauid is in the wildernes of En-gedi.

  • 1 Sam 14:46
    70%

    46Then Saul came vp from the Philistims: and the Philistims went to their owne place.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
    70%

    15Wherefore when Saul saw that he was very wise, he was afrayde of him.

  • 1 Sam 28:3
    70%

    3( Samuel was then dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah his owne citie: and Saul had put away the sorcerers, and the soothsayers out of the land)

  • 1 Sam 24:9
    70%

    9(24:10) And Dauid saide to Saul, Wherefore giuest thou an eare to mens words, that say, Behold, Dauid seeketh euill against thee?

  • 1 Sam 14:19
    70%

    19And while Saul talked vnto the Priest, the noyse that was in the hoste of the Philistims, spred farther abroade, and encreased: therefore Saul said vnto the Priest, Withdraw thine hand.

  • 1 Sam 23:13
    70%

    13Then Dauid and his men, which were about sixe hundreth, arose, & departed out of Keilah, and went whither they coulde; it was tolde Saul, that Dauid was fled from Keilah, and he left off his iourney.

  • 1 Sam 28:15
    69%

    15And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp? Then Saul answered, I am in great distresse: for the Philistims make warre against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by Prophetes, neither by dreames: therefore I haue called thee, that thou mayest tell me, what I shall doe.

  • 1 Sam 17:37
    69%

    37Moreouer Dauid sayd, The Lord that deliuered me out of the pawe of the lyon, & out of the paw of the beare, he wil deliuer me out of the hand of this Philistim. Then Saul sayd vnto Dauid, Go, and the Lord be with thee.

  • 1 Sam 19:14
    69%

    14And when Saul sent messengers to take Dauid, she sayd, He is sicke.

  • 1 Sam 23:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15And Dauid sawe that Saul was come out for to seeke his life: and Dauid was in the wildernes of Ziph in the wood.

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

  • 1 Sam 27:1
    69%

    1And Dauid said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: is it not better for me that I saue my selfe in the lande of the Philistims, and that Saul may haue no hope of me to seeke me any more in all the coastes of Israel, and so escape out of his hand?

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    69%

    57And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, then Abner tooke him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistim in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 24:5
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    5(24:6) And afterward Dauid was touched in his heart, because he had cut off the lappe which was on Sauls garment.

  • 1 Chr 13:8
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    8And Dauid and all Israel played before God with all their might, both with songes and with harpes, and with violes, and with timbrels & with cymbales and with trumpets.

  • 1 Sam 23:26
    69%

    26And Saul and his men went on the one side of the mountaine, and Dauid and his men on the other side of the mountaine: and Dauid made haste to get from the presence of Saul: for Saul and his men compassed Dauid and his men round about, to take them.

  • 1 Sam 18:30
    69%

    30And when the Princes of the Philistims went forth, at their going forth Dauid behaued himselfe more wisely then all the seruants of Saul, so that his name was much set by.

  • 1 Sam 24:7
    69%

    7(24:8) So Dauid ouercame his seruants with these words, & suffered them not to arise against Saul: so Saul rose vp out of the caue and went away.

  • 1 Sam 23:21
    68%

    21Then Saul said, Be ye blessed of the Lord: for ye haue had compassion on mee.