1 Samuel 18:10-11

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁰ And it happened on the morow, that the euyll spirite sente of God came vpon Saul, so that he prophesyed in the myddes of the house. And Dauid played on the instrumente wyth hys hande as he was daylye wont. ¹¹ And Saul had a speare in hys hand, and hourlde it entendyng to haue nayled Dauid to the walle. But Dauid auoyded out of hys presence two times.

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the evil spirit.
1 Samuel 16:14; 1 Samuel 16:15; 1 Samuel 19:9; 1 Samuel 26:19
and he prophesied.{Wyyithnabbai,} rather, "and he pretended to prophesy; for the verb is in {Hithpa\u65533 l,} the signification of which conjugation is not only reflex action, but also affectation of the action: Jer 29:26, 27. The meaning seems to be, that Saul, influenced by the evil spirit, feigned to be prophesying, the better to conceal his murderous intentions, and to render David unsuspicious.
1 Samuel 19:24; 1 Kings 18:29; 1 Kings 22:12; 1 Kings 22:20-23; Jeremiah 28:2-4; Jeremiah 28:11; Zechariah 13:2-5; Acts 16:16
2 Thessalonians 2:11
played.
1 Samuel 16:16; 1 Samuel 16:23
and there was.{Wehachanith beyad Sh\u65533 ool,} rather, "and the javelin was in the hand of Saul;" for the javelin or spear was the emblem of regal authority; and kings had it always in their hand, as may be seen represented on ancient monuments. In ancient times, says Justin, kings used a spear instead of a sceptre.