1 Samuel 16:14
ContextDavid Appears before Saul
16:14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit 1 from the Lord tormented him.
1 Samuel 28:10
Context28:10 But Saul swore an oath to her by the Lord, “As surely as the Lord lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!”
1 tn Or “an injurious spirit”; cf. NLT “a tormenting spirit.” The phrase need not refer to an evil, demonic spirit. The Hebrew word translated “evil” may refer to the character of the spirit or to its effect upon Saul. If the latter, another translation option might be “a mischief-making spirit.”