Verse 1 Samuel 28:23. I will not eat.] It is no wonder that not only his strength, but also his appetite, had departed from him.
And sat upon the bed] Beds or couches were the common places on which the ancients sat to take their repasts.
THE BED - Rather, “the bench” or divan, such as in the East still runs along the wall, furnished with cushions, for those who sit at meals Esther 1:6; Ezekiel 23:41....
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...
_upon the bed_ Probably the _divan_, or platform running along the wall, which in the East serves for a seat by day and a bed at night. Cp. Esther 1:6; Ezekiel 23:41. Portable couches were also in use...
Saul entertained by the woman 20. _all along_ HIS FULL LENGTH, lit. "the fulness of his stature." Terror of mind and exhaustion of body left him powerless....
_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...
_BUT HE REFUSED, AND SAID, I WILL NOT EAT. BUT HIS SERVANTS, TOGETHER WITH THE WOMAN, COMPELLED HIM; AND HE HEARKENED UNTO THEIR VOICE. SO HE AROSE FROM THE EARTH, AND SAT UPON THE BED._ His servants...
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 SAT UPON THE BED — That is, upon the divan, or cushioned seat, which usually runs round the walls of rooms in Eastern dwellings. There is nothing in the narration to support the common idea, repre...
וַ יְמָאֵ֗ן וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א אֹכַ֔ל וַ
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...
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...
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...
(21) And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy wo...
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...
BUT HE REFUSED, AND SAID, I WILL NOT EAT,.... Choosing rather to die with famine than by the sword of the Philistines; though perhaps his meaning is, he could not eat, his stomach loathed it, being ov...
But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. Ver. 23. _I wi...
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...
But he, still lying on the floor, REFUSED AND SAID, I WILL NOT EAT. BUT HIS SERVANTS, TOGETHER WITH THE WOMAN, COMPELLED HIM, they urged him so long until he was persuaded; AND HE HEARKENED UNTO THEIR...
THE ANSWER RECEIVED BY SAUL...
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...
20-25 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. Though terrified even to despair, he was...
COMPELLED HIM, i.e. did over-persuade him, by importunate entreaties, as the next words show....
1 Samuel 28:23 refused H3985 (H8762) said H559 (H8799) eat H398 (H8799) servants H5650 woman H802 urged...
SAUL'S RESPONSE TO WHAT HE HAD HEARD (1 SAMUEL 28:20). Once Samuel had gone Saul's response to his words are illuminating. It is clear that he had no thought of repentance or of calling on YHWH. Rathe...
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
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 Kings 21:4; 2 Corinthians 5:14; 2 Kings 4:8; Acts 16:15; Luke 14:23