On the way back from the slaughter of Goliath, the women of the cities of Israel were outside dancing and singing to meet King Saul. They had musical instruments and they were very joyful because their enemies, the Philistines, had been beaten. As they made merry, the women said, "Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands." Oh-oh. Saul got so mad. He was very displeased that the women said this. He said, "They say that David killed ten thousands and that I have only killed thousands. He has all their admiration, the only thing left is that he become king!" From that time on, Saul eyed David. He was exceeding envious of him.

In the past, King Saul disobeyed God and as a result an evil spirit would sometimes trouble him. David used to play harp to soothe Saul when the evil spirit came upon him. Well the day after the women sang their songs, the evil spirit came upon Saul again. And so, as in other times, David played the harp for King Saul to comfort him. As David beautifully played the harp, there was a sharp javelin in King Saul's hand. A javelin was used to kill people. It is like a spear. As David played, King Saul said to himself, "I will smite David to the wall with it." King Saul threw the javelin at David two times, but both times, David dodged out of the way. Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with David and had left Saul. Therefore Saul had David removed David and made him his captain over a thousand men.

David continued to behave himself very wisely in all his ways and the Lord was with him. So when Saul saw this he was again afraid of David. But all Israel and Judah loved David because he dwelt among them. Saul was very jealous of this and came up with a plan...