Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 1 Samuel 16:14

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the Spirit: Sa1 11:6, Sa1 18:12, Sa1 28:15; Jdg 16:29; Psa 51:11; Hos 9:12 evil spirit: The evil spirit was either sent immediately from the Lord, or permitted to come; but whether this was a diabolic possession, or a mere mental malady, is not agreed. it seems to have partaken of both. That Saul had fallen into a deep melancholy, there is little doubt; and that an evil spirit might work more effectually on such a state of mind, there can be little question. His malady appears to have been of a mixed kind, natural and diabolical. there is too much of apparent nature in it to permit us to believe it was all spiritual; and there is too much of apparently supernatural influence, to suffer us to believe it was all natural. Sa1 18:10, Sa1 19:9, Sa1 19:10; Jdg 9:23; Kg1 22:22; Act 19:15, Act 19:16 troubled: or, terrified 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 16:16

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