1 Samuel 16:15

15 So the servants of Saul said to him, "Look please, 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 in the midst of his brothers. Then the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day {on}. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

14 Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul and an evil spirit from Yahweh tormented him.

15 So the servants of Saul said to him, "Look please, an evil spirit from God [is] tormenting you.

16 Please, let our lord command your servants [who are] before you! Let them seek a man skilled in playing on the lyre. {When} the evil spirit from God [is] upon you, he can play {on it} and {you will feel better}."

17 So Saul said to his servants, "Please select a man {who plays a stringed instrument well} and bring [him] to me."