been obscured. In the body of the paragraph, Saul’s affliction is ascribed to רוח אלהים. The original narrative must have used the same term at the first mention of the trouble. But we now find in v. 14, רוח־רעה מאת יהוה, and as the opening part of that verse expressly declares that the Spirit of Yahweh had departed from Saul (with evident reference to his coming upon David, v. 13) we conclude that v. 14 has been composed for its present place. The critics are not agreed; Ku. (HCO2. p. 384 cf. p.