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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

1 Samuel 28:12

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Woman. The Rabbins pretend that she was Abner's mother, (Calmet) which is extremely improbable, as he was of the tribe of Benjamin, and a man of such renown. (Salien) --- Theodoret follows their opinion, in supposing that the woman was startled, because Samuel appeared in a standing posture, and not with his feet upwards, or lying down on his back, as in a coffin, which they say (Calmet) is the usual manner of spirits appearing to people of her character. (Bellarmine, Purgat. ii. 6.) --- She cried out, because he appeared before she had begun her incantations, and was arrayed like a priest, according to Josephus, (Haydock) in great majesty, or she pretended to see him, the better to impose upon the king; for some think that all was a delusion. (Calmet) --- Saul. This she learnt either from Samuel, (Josephus) or from her familiar spirit. (Menochius)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 28:12. _WHEN THE WOMAN SAW SAMUEL_] That _Samuel did_ appear on this occasion, is most evident from the text; nor can this be denied from any legitimate mode of interpretation: and it...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    It is manifest both that the apparition of Samuel was real, and also that the woman was utterly unprepared for it. WHY HAST THOU DECEIVED ME ... - She perhaps inferred that Samuel would have answered...

  • 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

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SAW SAMUEL. Or, the materialisation of. deceiving spirit personating Samuel, as is done by "mediums" to-day. SHE CRIED, &c. Evidently surprised, and getting more than she expected. THOU ART SAUL. Ho...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _thou art Saul_ The woman had not previously recognised her visitor, but simultaneously with the apparition of Samuel, discovered that he was Saul, either by the fact of the apparition for which she w...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND WHEN THE WOMAN SAW SAMUEL, SHE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE: AND THE WOMAN SPAKE TO SAUL, SAYING, WHY HAST THOU DECEIVED ME? FOR THOU ART SAUL._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • 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

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND WHEN THE WOMAN SAW SAMUEL, SHE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE. — Nothing is more clear from the narration than that the woman of En-dor saw _something_ she never dreamed of seeing. Whatever _did_ appear...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ תֵּ֤רֶא הָֽ אִשָּׁה֙ אֶת ־שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וַ

  • 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

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  • 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...

  • 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

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou [art] Saul. Ver. 12. _And when the woman saw Samuel._] That is, Th...

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

    _And when the woman saw Samuel_ The particle _when_, which our translators have inserted here, and which is not in the original text, embarrasses the sense, and is calculated to give the reader a wron...

  • 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

    And when the woman, after setting into operation her hellish arts, SAW SAMUEL, for it was his form which the evil spirit in whose service she was, assumed, SHE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, since she now s...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CONSULTATION WITH THE WITCH...

  • 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...

  • 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

    SHE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, for fear of her life, Saul himself being witness of her crime. THOU ART SAUL: this she knew, either by some gesture of reverence which this supposed Samuel might show to S...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 28:12 woman H802 saw H7200 (H8799) Samuel H8050 out H2199 (H8799) loud H1419 voice H6963 woman...

  • 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,...

  • 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

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  • 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 28:12 SHE CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE. Perhaps Samuel’s appearance surprised the woman and she realized something was happening outside of her control. Readers are not told h...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Saw Samuel — The words are express, the woman saw Samuel, instead of the spirit whom she expected to see, God ordering it so for his own glory. She cried with a loud voice — Terrified and astonished,...

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