1Sa 16:14-15 | TSK | e4.org | the Spirit , , ; ; ; evil spirit The evil spirit was either sent immediately from the Lord, or permitted 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 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. , ; ; ; troubled or, terrified

‏ 1 Samuel 16:14-15

the Spirit 1Sam 11:6, 1Sam 18:12, 1Sam 28:15; Judg 16:29; Ps 51:11; Hos 9:12

evil spirit The evil spirit was either sent immediately from the Lord, or permitted 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 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. 1Sam 18:10, 1Sam 19:9-10; Judg 9:23; 1Kgs 22:22; Acts 19:15-16

troubled or, terrified