Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Samuel 28:8
Saul disguised himself; both because he was ashamed to be known, or thought guilty of this practice; and because he suspected that the woman, had she known him, would not practise her art before him.
Saul disguised himself; both because he was ashamed to be known, or thought guilty of this practice; and because he suspected that the woman, had she known him, would not practise her art before him.
Verse 1 Samuel 28:8. _SAUL DISGUISED HIMSELF_] That he might not be known by the woman, lest she, being terrified, should refuse to use her art....
DIVINE - Compare to 1 Samuel 6:2, note; Numbers 23:23, note. BRING ME HIM UP - The art of the ventriloquist seems to have been always connected with necromancy. The Greeks had necromancers who called...
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
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...
BY THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT. Hence called necromancy....
_they came to the woman by night_ It was an adventurous journey. They had to pass over the shoulder of the hill on which the Philistines were encamped, and traverse a distance of not less than ten or...
Saul resorts to the witch of Endor 3. _Now Samuel_, &c. From 1 Samuel 28:3 to the end of the chapter is an independent narrative. 1 Samuel 28:3 states by way of introduction certain facts as the key t...
THEN SAID SAUL—SEEK ME A WOMAN THAT HATH A FAMILIAR SPIRIT— Utterly forsaken of God, yet anxiously desirous of searching into futurity, Saul, who had prayed to God to no purpose, now resolved to apply...
Saul Seeks the Witch of En-dor. 1 Samuel 28:7-14 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to hi...
_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 BRIN...
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...
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...
AND SAUL DISGUISED HIMSELF. — The disguise and the time chosen for the expedition served a double purpose. The king would, he thought, be unknown in the darkness and disguise when he came to the witch...
וַ יִּתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ שָׁא֗וּל וַ יִּלְבַּשׁ֙ בְּגָדִ֣ים...
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...
RESORTING TO A FAMILIAR SPIRIT 1 Samuel 28:1 This chapter records the climax to which Saul's sins led, and which sealed his fate. See 1 Chronicles 10:13. He went back to that which he had put away an...
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...
And Saul (d) 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...
_Clothes, that he might not fill the woman or his army with dismay. (Calmet)_...
(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...
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...
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...
AND SAUL DISGUISED HIMSELF, AND PUT ON OTHER RAIMENT,.... Stripped himself of his royal robes, or military apparel, as supreme commander, and clothed himself in the habit of a peasant or a common sold...
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 bring...
_Saul disguised himself_ Both because he was ashamed to be known, or thought guilty of this practice, and because he suspected the woman, if she knew him, would not practise her art before him. _And h...
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...
THE CONSULTATION WITH THE WITCH...
And Saul disguised himself, by taking off all the garments and insignia indicating his rank, AND PUT ON OTHER RAIMENT; AND HE WENT, AND TWO MEN WITH HIM, as his guides and his body-guard. AND THEY CAM...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 28:8 Saul H7586 disguised H2664 (H8691) on H3847 (H8799) other H312 clothes H899 went H3212 ...
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,...
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...
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...
_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 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...
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
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 28:7 EN-DOR was 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Shunem, where the Philistines were encamped, so it was on the other side of the enemy from Saul. He was risking his life by go...
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...
DOWNFALL AND DEATH OF SAUL (CHS. 28-31.) THE PHILISTINES GATHER TOGETHER FOR WAR. DISTRESS OF SAUL, AND VISIT TO THE WITCH OF...
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...
1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Kings 14:2; 1 Kings 14:3; 1 Kings 22:30;...
Disguised — Both because he was ashamed to be known, or thought guilty of this practice; and because he suspected, the woman, had she known him, would not practice her art before him....