English Standard Version

1 Samuel 16:14-18 English Standard Version (ESV)

14. Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.

15. And Saul’s servants said to him, “Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you.

16. Let our lord now command your servants who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well.”

17. So Saul said to his servants, “Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me.”

18. One of the young men answered, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the Lord is with him.”