1 Samuel 16:15

Plain English Version

His workers said to him, “Boss. We can see that God has sent a bad spirit to make you frightened.

Cross References

1 Samuel 16:1

After that, God said to Samuel, “Saul is not a good boss any more. I will not help him now. Why do you keep on being sad for him? Forget about him now. Get a bottle of olive oil. Go and see that old man Jesse at the place called Bethlehem. I picked one of his sons to be the new big boss of Israel.”

1 Samuel 16:14

Then God’s spirit left Saul and did not go back to him. God sent a bad spirit that often made Saul frightened.

1 Samuel 16:16

We will go and get somebody to come here and play the guitar for you. Whenever the bad spirit makes you frightened, he will play that guitar, and you will feel better then.”

1 Samuel 18:10

The next day, God sent a bad spirit to Saul. It made him go really mad. He just sat there in his house and screamed. David played the guitar for him as before. Saul was holding a spear in his hand,

1 Samuel 19:9

Then David went back to Saul’s place, to work for him again, and God sent a bad spirit to Saul again. David played the guitar as before. At that time, Saul was holding a spear in his hand,