Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:10

10 Cì rì , cóng shén nàli lái de è mó dàdà jiàng zaì Sǎoluó shēnshang , tā jiù zaì jiā zhōng hú yán luàn yǔ . Dàwèi zhào cháng tán qín , Sǎoluó shǒu lǐ ná zhe qiāng .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 18:10

And it came to pass on the morrow
After the women had met him with their music and dancing, and when returned home:

that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul;
thinking on the above things that had passed, he became melancholy:

and he prophesied in the midst of the house;
either really, delivering out divine songs, as the prophets did; according to Abarbinel, he foretold that David would be king, and the kingdom would be taken from him, and given to him; or he feigned himself a prophet, mimicking their motions and gestures; or, as the Targum, acted like a mad man, or a fool, uttering foolish words, and using ridiculous gestures, which seems most agreeable to the evil spirit in him:

and David played with his hand as at other times;
upon his harp, to remove the evil spirit, or melancholy disposition from Saul; for though he was now advanced at court, and an officer in the army, and high in the affections and applause of the people: yet he did not think it below him to act as a musician, to do service to his prince; of such an humble, kind, and ingenuous disposition was he:

and [there was] a javelin in Saul's hand;
a kind of spear, or half pike, which he had taken into his hand on purpose to kill David while playing; for persons in such circumstances as his, as they are very mischievous, so very subtle at contriving.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 18:10 In-Context

8 Sǎoluó shén fānù , bù xǐyuè zhè huà , jiù shuō , jiāng wàn wàn guī Dàwèi , qiā qiā guī wǒ , zhǐ shèngxia wáng wèi méiyǒu gĕi tā le .

9 Cóng zhè rì qǐ , Sǎoluó jiù nù shì Dàwèi .

10 Cì rì , cóng shén nàli lái de è mó dàdà jiàng zaì Sǎoluó shēnshang , tā jiù zaì jiā zhōng hú yán luàn yǔ . Dàwèi zhào cháng tán qín , Sǎoluó shǒu lǐ ná zhe qiāng .

11 Sǎoluó bǎ qiāng yī lún , xīnli shuō , wǒ yào jiāng Dàwèi cī tòu , dīng zaì qiáng shàng . Dàwèi duǒbì tā liǎng cì .

12 Sǎoluó jùpà Dàwèi . yīnwei Yēhéhuá líkāi zìjǐ , yǔ Dàwèi tóng zaì .