Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 18:10

10 ¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul , and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand as at other times: and there was a javelin in Sauls hand .

Saul's envy, and jealousie, and discontent revived his Melancholick Distemper, which the Devil, according to his wont, struck in with.

Or, he feigned himself to be a Prophet, for so Hebrew Verbs in Hithpahel oft signifie; i. e. he used uncouth Gestures, and Signs, and Speeches, as the Prophets, or Sons of the Prophets used to do: for which they were by the ignorant and ungodly sort reputed mad-men, 2 King. 9. 11. And it may seem probable, that Saul did now speak of Divine things Politickly, that thereby he might [illegible: 1+ letters]ull David asleep, and kill him, before he suspected any Danger.

Which he kept there for the following purpose.

Marginal references: Chap. 16. [illegible: 1 word].