And Saul cast the javelin,.... Out of his hand at David:for he said; in his heart, determining in his mind:I will smite David even to the wall [with it]; he determined to cast it with such force and violence, that it should pierce through David, and enter into the very wall, by the side of which David was:and David avoided out of his presence twice; to escape the javelin cast at him; either he went out at the first time of its being thrown, and then came in again, when he threw it a second time at him, upon which he also withdrew; or this was one of the times, and the other some time after, of which see 1Sa 19:9.
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1 Samuel 18:11
1 Samuel 18:11
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