But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.the Spirit 1Sa 11:6 18:12 28:15 Jud 16:29 Ps 51:11 Ho 9:12
evil spirit The evil spirit was either sent immediately from the Lord, or per- mitted to come; but whether this was a diabolic possession, or a mere mental malady, is not agreed: it seems to have partaken of both. That Saul had fallen into a deep melancholy, there is little doubt; and that an evil spirit might work more effectually on such a state of mind, there can be little question. His malady appears to have been of a mixed kind, natural and diabolical: there is too much of an apparent nature in it to permit us to believe it was all spiritual; and there is too much of apparently supernatural influence, to suffer us to believe it was all natural. 1Sa 18:10 19:9,10 Jud 9:23 1Ki 22:22 Ac 19:15,16
troubled. or, terrified

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