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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 28:12

She cried with a loud voice, for fear of her life, Saul himself being witness of her crime. Thou art Saul: this she knew, either by some gesture of reverence which this supposed Samuel might show to Saul, as to the king; or by information from this ghost; or from the spirit by whose help she had raised him. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—1 Samuel 28:1. “Know thou assuredly.” Some expositors regard these words of Achish as designed to try David: others think they express the entire confidence which the king placed in him.1 Samuel 28:2. “Surely thou shalt know,” or Assuredly, or Therefore thou shalt know. Evidently David found himself in a dilemma and gives an ambiguous answer. “Keeper of mine head,” i.e., “captain of my body-guard—an office of great trust and high honour.” (Jamieson.) The narrative... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

Chapter 28So it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, Know assuredly, that you shall go out to battle with me, you and your men. So David said to Achish, And you shall know what your servant can do. Achish said to David, Therefore I will make you the keeper of my head for ever. [In other words, sort of putting David over as his personal bodyguard and all.] Now Samuel was dead, and Israel had... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

1 Samuel 28:4 . Shunem, in the tribe of Issachar, not far from mount Hermon. 1 Samuel 28:7 . A woman that hath a familiar spirit: a mistress of OB. See Deuteronomy 18:11. The LXX read pythoness, a word often used by Herodotus for the Sybils or priestesses of heathen temples. It was understood that she was familiar with an evil genius, but an evil genius that certainly had no power over Samuel. The African negroes in the West Indies still preserve the Hebrew word, and affect to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

1 Samuel 28:1-25The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Night preceding battleAs the flash of lightning reveals the hidden scenery around, so the reception of momentous news suddenly reveals character. Two such events we trace--the news of the terrible defeat brought to Saul, and the news of Saul’s death brought to David. Leading his people to meet the Philistines, at whose number he is astonished and affrighted, we come upon Saul as his army is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 28:7-25

1 Samuel 28:7-25Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit.Saul and the witch of EndorThis narrative is unlike any other in the Bible, and therefore, as might have been expected, has received various explanations. Three of them may be briefly noticed:(1) That Samuel himself appeared to the mistress of necromancy in Endor, and predicted to Saul his death on the morrow;(2) That an evil spirit, or demon, personating Samuel, appeared to the woman and predicted to Saul his death.(3) That the woman,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:12

1Sa 28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou [art] Saul. Ver. 12. And when the woman saw Samuel. ] That is, The devil in Samuel’s mantle. Who also told her that it was Saul, whence her outcry. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 28:12

thou art Saul: 1 Samuel 28:3, 1 Kings 14:5 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 19:17 - Why hast Matthew 14:26 - they were read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 28:12

And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.Saw Samuel — The words are express, the woman saw Samuel, instead of the spirit whom she expected to see, God ordering it so for his own glory.She cried with a loud voice — Terrified and astonished, and thence easily conjectured, whom she had been talking with. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 28:3-25

SAUL’S DISTRESS, AND INTERVIEW WITH THE WITCH OF ENDOR, 1 Samuel 28:3-25. Saul’s interview with the witch of Endor has ever been regarded as a subject beset with peculiar difficulties, and variously has it been explained. Justin Martyr and Origen held that by the incantations of the witch the spirit of Samuel actually appeared and conversed with Saul. Modern spiritism also affirms that the witch was a medium through whom the king of Israel received communications from the spirit of Samuel. But... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 28:12

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 28:7-25

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 28:12

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 28:12

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 28:3-25

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