When Saul heard this, the spirit of God took control of him, and he became furious.

Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with David but had abandoned him.

Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me? Why did you make me come back?" Saul answered, "I am in great trouble! The Philistines are at war with me, and God has abandoned me. He doesn't answer me any more, either by prophets or by dreams. And so I have called you, for you to tell me what I must do."

So Samson took hold of the two middle columns holding up the building. Putting one hand on each column, he pushed against them

Do not banish me from your presence; do not take your holy spirit away from me.

But even if they did bring up children, I would take them away and not leave one alive. When I abandon these people, terrible things will happen to them."

The next day an evil spirit from God suddenly took control of Saul, and he raved in his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did every day, and Saul was holding a spear.

One day an evil spirit from the LORD took control of Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was there, playing his harp.

Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David dodged, and the spear stuck in the wall. David ran away and escaped.

Then God made Abimelech and the men of Shechem hostile to each other, and they rebelled against Abimelech.

'How?' the LORD asked. The spirit replied, 'I will go and make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies.' The LORD said, 'Go and deceive him. You will succeed.' "

But the evil spirit said to them, "I know Jesus, and I know about Paul; but you---who are you?"

The man who had the evil spirit in him attacked them with such violence that he overpowered them all. They ran away from his house, wounded and with their clothes torn off.