Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Samuel 19:10

"And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul`s presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night." — 1 Samuel 19:10 (ASV)

The javelin. —This is the great spear, which in so many of the scenes in 1 Samuel is represented as in the hand of Saul or by his side.