1 Samuel 16:16

The Scriptures 2009

“Please, let our master command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skilled player on the lyre. And it shall be that when the evil spirit from Elohim is upon you, that he shall play with his hand, and you be well.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:46

Now Yosĕph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim. And Yosĕph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Mitsrayim.

1 Kings 10:8

“Blessed are your men and blessed are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who are hearing your wisdom!

2 Kings 3:15

“And now, bring me a harpist.” And it came to be, when the harpist played, that the hand of יהוה came upon him.

1 Samuel 10:5

“After that go to the hill of Elohim where the Philistine watch-post is. And it shall be, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with a stringed instrument, and a tambourine, and a flute, and a lyre before them, and they are prophesying.

1 Samuel 16:14

And the Spirit of יהוה turned aside from Sha’ul, and an evil spirit from יהוה troubled him.

1 Samuel 16:15

And the servants of Sha’ul said to him, “Look, now, an evil spirit from Elohim is troubling you.

1 Samuel 16:17

And Sha’ul said to his servants, “Please get me a man that plays well, and bring him to me.”

1 Samuel 18:10

And it came to be on the next day that an evil spirit from Elohim came upon Sha’ul, and he prophesied inside the house, while Dawiḏ was playing the lyre with his hand, as usual. And the spear was in the hand of Sha’ul.

1 Samuel 19:9

And an evil spirit from יהוה came upon Sha’ul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And Dawiḏ was playing the lyre with his hand,