^{14 Ref} And the Spirit of Jehovah turned aside from Saul, and a spirit of sadness from Jehovah terrified him;

¹⁵ and the servants of Saul say unto him, `Lo, we pray thee, a spirit of sadness `from' God is terrifying thee;

^{16 Ref} let our lord command, we pray thee, thy servants before thee, they seek a skilful man, playing on a harp, and it hath come to pass, in the spirit of sadness `from' God being upon thee, that he hath played with his hand, and `it is' well with thee.'

¹⁷ And Saul saith unto his servants, `Provide, I pray you, for me a man playing well -- then ye have brought `him' in unto me.'

^{18 Ref} And one of the servants answereth and saith, `Lo, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, skilful in playing, and a mighty virtuous man, and a man of battle, and intelligent in word, and a man of form, and Jehovah `is' with him.'

^{19 Ref} And Saul sendeth messengers unto Jesse, and saith, `Send unto me David thy son, who `is' with the flock.'

^{20 Ref} And Jesse taketh an ass, `with' bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sendeth by the hand of David his son unto Saul.

^{21 Ref} And David cometh in unto Saul, and standeth before him, and he loveth him greatly; and he is a bearer of his weapons.

²² And Saul sendeth unto Jesse, saying, `Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he hath found grace in mine eyes.'

²³ And it hath come to pass, in the spirit of `sadness from' God being on Saul, that David hath taken the harp, and played with his hand, and Saul hath refreshment and gladness, and the spirit of sadness hath turned aside from off him.