1 Samuel 16:14 (KJV)
But the Spiritof the LORD departedfrom Sauland an evil spiritfrom the LORD troubledhim
Cross-references
the Spirit. 1Sa 11:6 1Sa 18:12 1Sa 28:15 Re 16:21 Ps 51:11 Ho 9:12
evil spirit.The evil spirit was either sent immediately from the Lord, or permitted to come; but whether this was a diabolic possession, or a mere mental malady, is not agreed: it seems to have partaken of both. That Saul had fallen into a deep melancholy, there is little doubt; and that an evil spirit might work more effectually on such a state of mind, there can be little question. His malady appears to have been of a mixed kind, natural and diabolical: there is too much of apparent nature in it to permit us to believe it was all spiritual; and there is too much of apparently supernatural influence, to suffer us to believe it was all natural. 1Sa 18:10 1Sa 19:9 1Sa 19:10 Re 9:10 1Ki 22:22 Ac 19:15 Ac 19:16
troubled. or, terrified.
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