1 Samuel 16:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.

Cross References

Genesis 41:46

Now Joseph was thirty years old when he came before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from before the face of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 10:8

Happy are your wives, happy are these your servants whose place is ever before you, hearing your words of wisdom.

2 Kings 3:15

But now, get me a player of music, and it will come about that while the man is playing, the hand of the Lord will come on me and I will give you the word of the Lord: and they got a player of music, and while the man was playing, the hand of the Lord was on him.

1 Samuel 10:5

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will be acting like prophets:

1 Samuel 16:14

Now the spirit of the Lord had gone from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord was troubling him.

1 Samuel 16:15

And Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God is troubling you.

1 Samuel 16:17

And Saul said to his servants, Then get me a man who is an expert player, and make him come to me.

1 Samuel 18:10

Now on the day after, an evil spirit from God came on Saul with great force and he was acting like a prophet among the men of his house, while David was making music for him, as he did day by day: and Saul had his spear in his hand.

1 Samuel 19:9

And an evil spirit from the Lord came on Saul, when he was seated in his house with his spear in his hand; and David made music for him.