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Verse 1 Samuel 28:7. _SEEK ME A WOMAN THAT HATH A FAMILIAR SPIRIT_]
Literally, Seek me a woman, בעלת אוב _baalath ob, the mistress
of the Ob_ or _Pythonic spirit _- one who had a familiar spirit, whom...
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ENQUIRE - A different word from that in 1 Samuel 28:6, though nearly
synonymous with it. It is more frequently applied to inquiry of a
false god, as e. g. 2 Kings 1:2; Isaiah 8:19;...
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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
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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...
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A WOMAN. Answering to the modern "mediums".
HATH. owneth, possesses as mistress. See note on Leviticus 19:31.
ENQUIRE. seek out. Hebrew. _darash, a_ deeper meaning than 1 Samuel
28:6. See note above....
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_that hath a familiar spirit_ Lit. "possessor of an _Ob_." See on 1
Samuel 28:3, and cp. Acts 16:16. Cp. Virg. _Aen_. VII. 312:
"Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo."
"If heaven bends not,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_THEN SAID SAUL UNTO HIS SERVANTS, SEEK ME A WOMAN THAT HATH A
FAMILIAR SPIRIT, THAT I MAY GO TO HER, AND INQUIRE OF HER. AND HIS
SERVANTS SAID TO HIM, BEHOLD, THERE IS A WOMAN THAT HATH A FAMILIAR
SP...
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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...
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ENDOR] 4 m. S. of Mt. Tabor, and 10 m. from Mt. Gilboa.
11, 12. This woman would seem to have been what is now called a
'medium'; she sees (very possibly having become entranced) a figure,
and Saul fr...
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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...
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SEEK ME A WOMAN THAT HATH A FAMILIAR SPIRIT. — He was left alone to
himself, and now the last spark of life, the religious zeal which he
had once shown even to excess, then also vanished; or, rather....
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל לַ עֲבָדָ֗יו
בַּקְּשׁוּ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Spirit. Hebrew, "an ob, " or vessel distended, as such impostors
seemed to swell at the presence of the spirit. Septuagint, "a belly
talker." They endeavour to speak from that part. We read of some wh...
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(7) В¶ 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 him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a famil...
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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...
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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...
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THEN SAID SAUL UNTO HIS SERVANTS,.... That waited upon him, to some of
them, to such as he could place most confidence in to keep a secret;
perhaps only the two after mentioned:
SEEK ME A WOMAN THAT...
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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 him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar s...
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_Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit_ That converses with evil
spirits, or hath power to call up, or make to appear, the spirits of
dead persons, in order to answer questions, or give informat...
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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...
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THE CONSULTATION WITH THE WITCH...
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Then said Saul unto his servants, his hardened heart prompting him to
turn to superstitious means forbidden by the Law, SEEK ME A WOMAN THAT
HATH A FAMILIAR SPIRIT, one in possession of an Ob, or spir...
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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...
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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...
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SEEK ME A WOMAN, rather than a man; for he thought that sex most
likely to be given to those wicked arts, as being the weaker sex, and
so aptest to be deceived, and most prone to superstition, and oft...
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1 Samuel 28:7 Saul H7586 said H559 (H8799) servants H5650 Find H1245
(H8761) woman H802 medium H1172...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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DOWNFALL AND DEATH OF SAUL (CHS. 28-31.)
THE PHILISTINES GATHER TOGETHER FOR WAR. DISTRESS OF SAUL, AND VISIT
TO THE WITCH OF...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Samuel 28:3; 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings
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That hath, &c. — One that converseth with the devil, or dead men's
ghosts, and by them can discover future things. See Isaiah 8:19....
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How could God allow the Witch of Endor to raise Samuel from the dead
when God condemned witchcraft?
PROBLEM: The Bible severely condemns witchcraft and communication with
the dead (Exodus 22:18; Levit...