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1 Samuel 18:6-16\n\n6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres. 7 As they danced, they sang:\n\n\u201cSaul has slain his thousands,\n and David his tens of thousands.\u201d\n8 Saul was very angry; this refrain displeased him greatly. \u201cThey have credited David with tens of thousands,\u201d he thought, \u201cbut me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?\u201d 9 And from that time on Saul kept a close eye on David.\n\n10 The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand 11 and he hurled it, saying to himself, \u201cI\u2019ll pin David to the wall.\u201d But David eluded him twice.\n\n12 Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul. 13 So he sent David away from him and gave him command over a thousand men, and David led the troops in their campaigns. 14 In everything he did he had great success, because the Lord was with him. 15 When Saul saw how successful he was, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he led them in their campaigns.