1Sa 16:14-15, 19:9, 26:19 | TSK | STEP | 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 16:14-15

the Spirit.

11:6; 18:12; 28:15; Jud 16:29; Ps 51:11; Ho 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.

18:10; 19:9,10; Jud 9:23; 1Ki 22:22; Ac 19:15,16

troubled. or, terrified.

‏ 1 Samuel 19:9

16:14; 18:10,11

‏ 1 Samuel 26:19

let my lord.

25:24; Ge 44:18

stirred.

16:14-23; 18:10; 2Sa 16:11; 24:1; 1Ki 22:22; 1Ch 21:1

accept. Heb. smell.

Ge 8:21; Le 26:31; Ps 119:1-8

cursed.

Pr 6:16-19; 30:10; Ga 1:8,9; 5:12; 2Ti 4:14

they have driven.

De 4:27,28; Jos 22:25-27; Ps 42:1,2; 120:5; Isa 60:5; Ro 14:15

abiding. Heb. cleaving. the inheritance.

2Sa 14:16; 20:19