1 Samuel 16:15

15 Saul's servants said to him, "Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.

1 Samuel 16:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 16:15

And Saul's servants said unto him
His courtiers, who observing him to act in a frantic manner, to be dull and melancholy, timorous, and irresolute, unsteady, divided, and distressed; or his physicians, who were called in to assist him, and remove his disorder from him:

behold, now an evil spirit from God troubleth thee:
the disorder was not from any natural cause, or any bodily disease, and therefore out of the reach of physicians to do any service, but was from an evil spirit suffered of God to harass and disturb him.

1 Samuel 16:15 In-Context

13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him right there in front of his brothers. The LORD's spirit came over David from that point forward. Then Samuel left and went to Ramah.

14 Now the LORD's spirit had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD tormented him.

15 Saul's servants said to him, "Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you.

16 If our master just says the word, your servants will search for someone who knows how to play the lyre. The musician can play whenever the evil spirit from God is affecting you, and then you'll feel better."

17 Saul said to his servants, "Find me a good musician and bring him to me."