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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

1 Samuel 28:15

Up. To inform a person of something very terrible, is distressing; and though the saints deceased cannot partake in the afflictions of mortals, yet we read that "the angels of peace will weep, but they will approve of the just sentence of the judge" against the reprobate. (Haydock) --- The Scripture language conforms itself to the opinions of the people, who thought that such avocations disturbed the soul's repose. Hence the fathers at [the Synod of] Elvira (Canon xxxi.) forbid "the lighting of wax candles in church-yards during the day, for the spirits of the saints are not to be disquieted." Isaias (xiv. 9,) represents hell all in commotion, at the approach of the king of Babylon. These expressions are figurative. (Calmet) --- God does not encourage magical arts, on this occasion, but rather prevents their operation, as he did, when Balaam would have used some superstitious practices, Numbers xxiv. (Du Hamel)

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See also 1 Samuel 28:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 28:15. _WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME_] The complaint is not directed against the _woman_ but against _Saul_. Indeed, her incantations had no influence in the business, and it does not ap...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    7. SAUL AND THE WITCH AT ENDOR CHAPTER 28 _ 1. David fully joined to Achish (1 Samuel 28:1)_ 2. Forsaken Saul (1 Samuel 28:3) 3. The command to seek a witch (1 Samuel 28:7) 4. Saul's visit t

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 SAMUEL 28:2 is continued by 1 Samuel 29:1; the _connexion is_ broken by the insertion of 1 SAMUEL 28:3. SAUL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR. This section interrupts the connexion; moreover, it would come n...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SAMUEL SAID: i.e. the spirit personating Samuel said. Just as it is done in the present day by the medium: never directly. DISQUIETED. If Samuel, then it shows he was "quiet" before. ME. Not my spir...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Samuel pronounces Saul's doom 15. _Why hast thou disquieted me_ Disturbed me from my rest in Sheôl. Samuel utters this complaint, because although he came as God's messenger, Saul's sin was the movin...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 308 THE WITCH OF ENDOR 1 Samuel 28:15. _And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL, WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME— Houbigant observes very justly, that Samuel complains not of the woman, but of _Saul,_ for disquieting him; whence it appears clear, that Samuel was n...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Samuel's Appearance._ 1 Samuel 28:15-25 15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL, WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME, TO BRING ME UP? AND SAUL ANSWERED, I AM SORE DISTRESSED; FOR THE PHILISTINES MAKE WAR AGAINST ME, AND GOD IS DEPARTED FROM ME, AND ANSWERETH ME N...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SAUL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR 1 Samuel 28:3 come from another document and interrupt the connexion, as will be seen if the account is read without them. In order of time their proper position is after 1...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 28 V1 Later, the *Philistines gathered their army to fight the *Israelites. Achish said to David, ‘You must realise that you and your men must...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL, WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME, TO BRING ME UP? — Erd-manu, in _Lange,_ argues from this that the incantation of the witch of En-dor had brought about the result, viz., the calli...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל ־שָׁא֔וּל לָ֥מָּה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXXIV. _ SAUL AT ENDOR._ 1 Samuel 28:3. FOR a considerable time Saul had been drifting along like a crippled vessel at sea, a melancholy example of a man forsaken of God. But as his decisive...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LISTENING TO HIS OWN DOOM 1 Samuel 28:15 That there should be an apparition of Samuel occasions no difficulty, for as Moses and Elijah were permitted to speak with our Lord of the “decease” to be acc...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    It is strange how this story has been made to serve in defense of things occult, which, as a matter of fact, it condemns. Let it be carefully read, and it becomes perfectly patent that this woman had...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (8) And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and b...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _IN THE WITCH’S CAVE_ ‘God is departed from me.’ 1 Samuel 28:15 I. THERE WERE THREE COURSES OPEN TO SAUL: he might sit down in quiet hopelessness, and let the evil come; or he might in faith and pe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Saul, as well as Israel at present, was in a still worse position, having succour neither from God nor from the enemy. Saul is forsaken of God. Samuel is dead; so that Israel is no longer in connectio...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL, WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME TO BRING ME UP?.... This makes it a clear case that this was not the true Samuel; his soul was at rest in Abraham's bosom, in the state of bliss an...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Why hast thou disquieted me?_ “Houbigant observes very justly, that Samuel complains not of the woman, but of Saul, for disquieting him; from whence it follows that Samuel was not raised up by her ma...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Achish putteth confidence in Dauid. 3 Saul hauing destroyed the witches, 4 and now in his feare forsaken of God, 7 seeketh to a witch. 9 The witch, encouraged by Saul, raiseth vp Samuel. 15 Sau...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE ANSWER RECEIVED BY SAUL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Samuel, the apparition of the evil spirit which had the form of Samuel, SAID TO SAUL, WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME, TO BRING ME UP? AND SAUL ANSWERED, I AM SORE DISTRESSED, in great straits; FOR TH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    The inevitable conflict between Israel and the Philistines arises again, and David finds himself in an unpleasant situation Achish tells him that he and his men must accompany Achish to fight against...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BY PROPHETS: _ Heb._ by the hand of Prophets...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-19 When we go from the plain path of duty, every thing draws us further aside, and increases our perplexity and temptation. Saul desires the woman to bring one from the dead, with whom he wished to...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL; as the devil appeared in Samuel's shape and garb, so also he speaketh in his person, that he might insnare Saul, and encourage others to seek to him in this wicked way. And God pe...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 28:15 Samuel H8050 said H559 (H8799) Saul H7586 disturbed H7264 (H8689) up H5927 (H8687) Saul...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SAUL CONSULTS A NECROMANCER AND SAMUEL APPEARS TO HIM (1 SAMUEL 28:3). Having been unable to obtain any response from God, Saul, in desperation, determined to turn to a necromancer. It would, however,...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    1 Samuel 28:15 We have before us here a picture of a God-deserted man; one who has in former times had plenteous advantage and revelation, but who has forsaken God until God has forsaken him in turn,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David among Israel's enemies. Saul consults the witch. CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul, Samuel, Achish, witch. CONCLUSION: Seek the Lord while He may be found for there is a time when He will...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _God is departed from me._ “WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD” It is not in the power of language to depict a more terrible and hopeless condition for a rational creature to be in than that set forth in thes...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit._ SAUL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR This narrative is unlike any other in the Bible, and therefore, as might have been expected, has received various explanati...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel._ NIGHT PRECEDING BATTLE As the flash of lightning reveals the hidden scenery around, so the reception of momentous n...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 28:3 The story now shifts to King Saul’s visit to the medium at En-dor and returns to David and the Philistines in 1 Samuel 29:1. Saul faces overwhelming odds as the Philis

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 28:15 THEN SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL. The Bible text assumes that the spirit raised by the medium really is Samuel. He is called “Samuel” in vv....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 k...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    DOWNFALL AND DEATH OF SAUL (CHS. 28-31.) THE PHILISTINES GATHER TOGETHER FOR WAR. DISTRESS OF SAUL, AND VISIT TO THE WITCH OF...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So 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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 16:14; 1 Samuel 18:12; 1 Samuel 23:10;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Called Samuel — Happy had it been, if he had called Samuel sooner, or rather the God of Samuel! It was now too late: destruction was at hand and God had determined, it should not be stayed....

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