1 Samuel 16:14-23

¹⁴Now the Spirit of the Lord left Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord terrified him. ¹⁵Saul’s servants then said to him, “Behold now, an evil spirit from God is terrifying you. ¹⁶May our lord now command your servants who are before you. Have them search for a man who is a skillful musician on the harp; and it shall come about whenever the evil spirit from God is upon you, that he shall play the harp with his hand, and you will become well.” ¹⁷So Saul said to his servants, “Now select for me a man who can play well, and bring him to me.” ¹⁸Then one of the young men responded and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a valiant mighty man, a warrior, skillful in speech, and a handsome man; and the Lord is with him.” ¹⁹So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, who is with the flock.” ²⁰And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread and a jug of wine, and he took a young goat, and sent them to Saul by his son David. ²¹Then David came to Saul and attended him; and Saul greatly loved him, and he became his armor bearer. ²²So Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David now be my attendant for he has found favor in my sight.” ²³So it came about whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul would feel relieved and become well, and the evil spirit would leave him.