1Sa 16:14-23 | 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 16:14-23

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

before thee 1Sam 16:21-22; Gen 41:46; 1Kgs 10:8

play 1Sam 16:23, 1Sam 10:5; 2Kgs 3:15

a mighty 1Sam 17:32-36; 2Sam 17:8, 2Sam 17:10

and prudent 2Sam 14:20

matters or, speech.

a comely 1Sam 16:12

the Lord 1Sam 3:19, 1Sam 10:7, 1Sam 18:12-14; Gen 39:2, Gen 39:23; Matt 1:23, Matt 28:20

with the sheep 1Sam 16:11, 1Sam 17:15, 1Sam 17:33-34; Exod 3:1-10; 1Kgs 19:19; Ps 78:70-72, Ps 113:8; Amos 1:1, Amos 7:14-15; Matt 4:18-22

an ass laden Chamor lechem, literally, "an ass of bread," rendered by the LXX γομορ αρτων, a gomor of bread; meaning, probably, not an animal, but a vessel containing a certain measure of bread. 1Sam 10:27, 1Sam 17:18, 1Sam 25:18; Gen 43:11; 2Sam 16:1-2; Prov 18:16

stood before him Gen 41:46; Deut 1:38, Deut 10:8; 1Kgs 10:8; Prov 22:29

loved him Ps 62:9, Ps 118:9, Ps 146:3

the evil spirit 1Sam 16:14, 1Sam 16:16

Saul 1Sam 18:10-11; Matt 12:43-45; Luke 11:24-26