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1 Samuel 16:14
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12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was aruddy, bwith bright eyes, and good-looking. cAnd the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!”  
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and athe Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.  

A Distressing Spirit Troubles Saul

14 aBut the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and ba distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him.  
15 And Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely, a distressing spirit from God is troubling you.
16 Let our master now command your servants, who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. And it shall be that he will aplay it with his hand when the1 distressing spirit from God is upon you, and you shall be well.”  
17 So Saul said to his servants,1 “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for 1 Samuel 16:14.

I Samuel 16:14-16

Undoubtedly, Saul was in the grips of very great depression; maybe we can interpret the depressing spirit as actually being a demon. It was afflicting him with depression. Somehow, even when the music of a human was played, the distressing spirit, the demon, was also nullified and he quit agitating Saul so that Saul then could get a bit of his composure back once again.

Excerpted from Exalt With Music

I Samuel 16:14-15

The incident demonstrates that in this early period, God's Spirit was not given to all His people in the same way as it is given to His church today. God was with His people and His Spirit came upon them, but did not dwell on them. Instead it came upon certain individuals for specific purposes, and sometimes it left them, as happened in the case of Saul.

Excerpted from 'I Will Pour Out My Spirit!'

 
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