1 Samuel 19:10

And Saul endeavoured to nail David to the wall with his spear. And David slipt away out of the presence of Saul: and the spear missed him, and was fastened in the wall, and David fled and escaped that night.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

In Context

9And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, and he sat in his house, and held a spear in his hand: and David played with his hand.

11Saul therefore sent his guards to David's house to watch him, that he might be killed in the morning. And when Michol David's wife had told him this, saying: Unless thou save thyself this night, to morrow thou wilt die,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:11And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.

1 Samuel 20:33And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David.

Psalms 18:17He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.

Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

Hosea 6:4What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 19:9-11

David Escapes from Saul. ( b. c. 1058.) 8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. 9 And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. 10 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. Here I.… Read the whole commentary →

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