1. 1 Samuel 18:10 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why did Saul have a spear in his hand?

1 Samuel 18:10 (ESV)

10 The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand.

Possibly as a symbol of his kingship, Saul’s spear appears to have been by his side in formal situations (see 1 Samuel 20:33; 1 Samuel 22:6; 1 Samuel 26:7).1