1 Samuel 28:17-21 BSB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:15-19

We have here the conference between Saul and Satan. Saul came in disguise (1 Sam. 28:8), but Satan soon discovered him, 1 Sam. 28:12. Satan comes in disguise, in the disguise of Samuel's mantle, and Saul cannot discover him. Such is the disadvantage we labour under, in wrestling with the rulers of the darkness of this world, that they know us, while we are ignorant of their wiles and devices. I. The spectre, or apparition, personating Samuel, asks why he is sent for (1 Sam. 28:15): Why hast... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:20-25

We are here told how Saul received this terrible message from the ghost he consulted. He desired to be told what he should do (1 Sam. 28:15), but was only told what he had not done and what should be done to him. Those that expect any good counsel or comfort otherwise than from God, and in the way of his institutions, will be as wretchedly disappointed as Saul here was. Observe, I. How he sunk under the load, 1 Sam. 28:20. He was indeed unfit to bear it, having eaten nothing all the day... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:17

And the Lord hath done to him ,.... To David, Saul's enemy, as he insinuated he was: as he spake by me ; pretending to be the true Samuel, and wearing the guise of him, he speaks his very words, which he was well acquainted with, and could deliver exactly as he did: for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour ; which words are expressed by Samuel, 1 Samuel 15:28 , even unto David ; which is added by the apparition, by way of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:18

Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord ,.... At Gilgal, as Abarbinel thinks; which is the first thing for which the kingdom was threatened to be taken from him, 1 Samuel 13:13 , nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek : in sparing Agag, and the best of the cattle, 1 Samuel 15:9 , therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day ; forsaken him, rent his kingdom from him, and would deliver him into the hands of the Philistines, as follows: had he been the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover, the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hands of the Philistines ,.... Not a word of comfort does he speak unto him, it being the business of this foul spirit to drive him to despair by the permission of God; had he been the true Samuel, he would have directed him to have altered his course of life, and especially his behaviour toward David, and advised him in those difficulties to send for him, who might have been of singular use unto him; he would have exhorted him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:20

Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth ,.... Fell at his full length at once, as if he had been thunderstruck, or pierced through with a dart or sword: and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel ; as he supposed they were, whose words never failed: and there was no strength in him : to rise up again, he was quite dispirited and strengthless: for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night ; which contributed the more to his weakness; not only his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:21

And the woman came unto Saul ,.... Having left him and the apparition in a room by themselves to converse together, and perhaps on hearing him fall to the ground came in: and saw that he was sore troubled : by his lying on the ground, and the agonies he seemed to be in, and the uneasiness that sat upon his countenance: and said unto him, behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice ; in divining by her familiar spirit for him, and in bringing up Samuel to him, as he desired: and I... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 28:17

The Lord hath done to him - I believe these words are spoken of Saul; and as they are spoken to him, it seems evident that him should be thee. The Vulgate has tibi , the Septuagint σοι , to Thee: and this is the reading of five of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., as well as of both the Bibles printed at Venice in 1518, where we read לך lecha , to Thee, instead of לו lo , to Him. As he spake by me - Here was no illusion; none but Samuel could say this. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 28:18

Nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek - See 1 Samuel 15:1-9 ; (note) and the notes there. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 28:19

To-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me - What an awful message! In the course of the ensuing day thou shalt be slain, thy three sons shall be slain, and the armies of Israel shall be delivered into the hands of the Philistines! Can any person read this, properly considering the situation of this unfortunate monarch, the triumph of the enemies of God, and the speedy ruin in which the godlike Jonathan is about to be involved, without feeling the keenest anguish of heart? ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:15-19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:20-25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 28:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 28:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 28:19

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