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The women sang in celebration: "Saul has killed his thousands, but David has killed his tens of thousands!"
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Saul burned with anger. This song annoyed him. "They've credited David with tens of thousands," he said, "but only credit me with thousands. What's next for him—the kingdom itself?"
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So Saul kept a close eye on David from that point on.
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The next day an evil spirit from God came over Saul, and he acted like he was in a prophetic frenzy in his house. So David played the lyre as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand,
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and he threw it, thinking, I'll pin David to the wall. But David escaped from him two different times.