Saul Again Attacks David

‎No Permanent peace between Saul and David was possible, though they knew it not; for God had wholly abandoned the one because of his evil heart, and had chosen the other to succeed to Israel’s throne. Yet another time the vigorous young general drew the attention of the entire country by bold exploits against the Philistines; and yet another time the king’s better mood was shaken by that “evil spirit from the Lord.”

‎David was playing on the harp for the king, as aforetime, in the palace; and Saul rushed upon the musician with his javelin seeking to thrust him through, to pin him to the wall. “But he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.” That was the final break between the two men. Never again did “the sweet musician” seat himself with his harp in the presence of the crazed and jealous king.