撒母耳记上 16:15

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

掃羅的臣僕對他說：“看哪！有惡鬼從　神那裡來驚擾你。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
扫 罗 的 臣 仆 对 他 说 ： 现 在 有 恶 魔 从 　 神 那 里 来 扰 乱 你 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ But the Lord 's Spirit had left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord troubled him. ¹⁵ Saul's servants said to him, "See, an evil spirit from God is troubling you. ¹⁶ Give us the command to look for someone who can play the harp. When the evil spirit from God troubles you, he will play, and you will feel better." ¹⁷ So Saul said to his servants, "Find someone who can play well and bring him to me." ¹⁸ One of the servants said, "I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem play the harp. He is brave and courageous. He is a good speaker and handsome, and the Lord is with him." ¹⁹ Then Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, "Send me your son David, who is with the sheep." ²⁰ So Jesse loaded a donkey with bread, a leather bag full of wine, and a young goat, and he sent them with his son David to Saul. ²¹ When David came to Saul, he began to serve him. Saul liked David and made him the officer who carried his armor. ²² Saul sent a message to Jesse, saying, "Let David stay and serve me because I like him." ²³ When the evil spirit from God troubled Saul, David would take his harp and play. Then the evil spirit would leave him, and Saul would feel better.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 16:1 - seeing 1 Samuel 18:10 - the evil spirit

Cross-References

Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Go home to your mistress and obey her."

Genesis 16:11
The angel added, "You are now pregnant, and you will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cries.

Genesis 17:18
Then Abraham said to God, "Please let Ishmael be the son you promised."

Genesis 17:20
"As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah in the field of Ephron east of Mamre. (Ephron was the son of Zohar the Hittite.)

Genesis 25:12
This is the family history of Ishmael, Abraham's son. (Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant, was Ishmael's mother.)

Genesis 28:9
Now Esau already had wives, but he went to Ishmael son of Abraham, and he married Mahalath, Ishmael's daughter. Mahalath was the sister of Nebaioth.

Genesis 37:27
Let's sell him to these Ishmaelites. Then we will not be guilty of killing our own brother. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." And the other brothers agreed.

1 Chronicles 1:28
Abraham's sons were Isaac and Ishmael.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “evil” or “melancholy” spirit here spoken of was “the Spirit of God,” or “of Jehovah,” as being God’s messenger and minister, sent by Him to execute His righteous purpose upon Saul (see 1 Kings 22:19-22 note).