The king’s been tormented by a troubling spirit ever since the Spirit of the LORD left him. We need a harp player. I know a guy: one of Jesse’s sons, in Bethlehem. Plays well, brave, good with words, and the LORD is with him.
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I know a guy who plays the harp.
I serve at King Saul’s court. When the king was tormented, I remembered a young man from Bethlehem.
Gibeah, Saul’s courtFirst seen 1 Samuel 16:15
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Another bad day for the king. Something from God has been coming over him and tormenting him. We all see it.
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We’ve told him: let us find someone who really knows how to play the harp. When it comes over you, he plays, and you’ll feel better. He said go and find someone.
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And I know just the one. A son of Jesse, in Bethlehem. Plays the harp, brave, a proper fighter, good with words, good-looking. And the LORD is with him.
It works. When the troubling spirit comes on the king, David picks up the harp and plays, and it leaves him. The king’s himself again.
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I did say he was a fighter.
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In fairness, the king is a head taller than anyone in Israel.
Son of Jesse of Bethlehem. The one I found to play the harp for the king.
One of Saul’s attendants@saulscourtAnd I know just the one. A son of Jesse, in Bethlehem. Plays the harp, brave, a proper fighter, good with words, good-looking. And the LORD is with him.