1 Samuel 16:13-15

13Then Samuel took athe horn of oil band anointed him in the midst of his brothers. cAnd the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

David in Saul’s Service

14 dNow the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, eand a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him. 15And Saul’s servants said to him, “Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you.

1 Kings 22:22

22And the Lord said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be fa lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’

Ephesians 6:12

12For gwe do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against hthe rulers, against the authorities, against ithe cosmic powers over jthis present darkness, against kthe spiritual forces of evil lin the heavenly places.
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