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撒母耳记上 19:9

從耶和華那裡來的惡鬼又臨到掃羅身上;那時掃羅坐在屋裡,手裡拿著槍。大衛正在彈琴,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Demons;   Holy Spirit;   Javelin;   Jealousy;   Michal;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jonathan;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Anger;   Demon;   Disease;   Evil;   Woman;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Armour;   Harp;   Javelin;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Harp;   Minstrel;   Neginah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arms and Armor;   Devil;   Persecution in the Bible;   Saul;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Evil Spirits;   Samuel, Books of;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Exorcism;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Javelin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Minstrel;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Spirit;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Affliction;   Holy Spirit;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Arms - armor;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
从 耶 和 华 那 里 来 的 恶 魔 又 降 在 扫 罗 身 上 ( 扫 罗 手 里 拿 枪 坐 在 屋 里 ) , 大 卫 就 用 手 弹 琴 。

Contextual Overview

8 When war broke out again, David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them, and they ran away from him. 9 But once again an evil spirit from the Lord rushed upon Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand. David was playing the harp. 10 Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David jumped out of the way. So Saul's spear went into the wall, and David ran away that night.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Samuel 16:14, 1 Samuel 18:10, 1 Samuel 18:11

Reciprocal: Numbers 25:7 - a javelin Numbers 35:20 - by laying 1 Samuel 20:27 - Wherefore 1 Samuel 22:6 - spear

Cross-References

Genesis 11:6
The Lord said, "Now, these people are united, all speaking the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do. They will be able to do anything they want.
Genesis 13:12
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot lived among the cities in the Jordan Valley, very near to Sodom.
Genesis 19:7
He said, "No, my brothers! Do not do this evil thing.
Genesis 19:8
Look! I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. I will give them to you, and you may do anything you want with them. But please don't do anything to these men. They have come to my house, and I must protect them."
Genesis 19:19
You have been merciful and kind to me and have saved my life. But I can't run to the mountains. The disaster will catch me, and I will die.
Genesis 19:22
But run there fast, because I cannot destroy Sodom until you are safely in that town." (That town is named Zoar, because it is little.)
Genesis 19:26
At that point Lot's wife looked back. When she did, she became a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:28
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the Jordan Valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a furnace.
Exodus 2:14
The man answered, "Who made you our ruler and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Moses was afraid and thought, "Now everyone knows what I did."
1 Samuel 2:16
If the one who offered the sacrifice said, "Let the fat be burned up first as usual, and then take anything you want," the priest's servant would answer, "No, give me the meat now. If you don't, I'll take it by force."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul,.... His melancholy and frantic disorder returned upon those victories of David, and he grew envious, jealous, spiteful, and malicious:

as he sat in his house with his javelin his hand; which either describes the posture he was in when the evil spirit came upon him; or the effects of it, he became dull and melancholy, did not care to go abroad, but kept at home, and was suspicious of everybody; and therefore kept a javelin in his hand to defend himself; or it may be rather to dispatch David with it, when an opportunity should offer, which quickly did:

and David played with [his] hand; on some instrument of music, particularly the harp, to drive away the evil spirit, the melancholy disorder, from Saul; which showed his humility, that though he was an officer in the army, had a considerable post in it, yet deigned to act the part of a musician to Saul, and his great kindness and affection for him his sovereign, willing to serve him what he could to promote his health and comfort, and the trust and confidence he put in his promise and oath, or rather in the providence of God for his protection in the way of his duty, though he knew how spiteful and injurious Saul had been to him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 19:9. And the evil spirit from the Lord — His envy and jealousy again returned, producing distraction of mind, which was exacerbated by diabolic influence. See on 1 Samuel 16:14.


 
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