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, I will stir hell beneath."
En-dor = fountain of the dwelling, was on the northern slope of the Little Hermon (Neby Dûhy), where the village of Endôrstill marks the site. It was famous as the scene of Sisera's defeat and death (Psalms 83:10).
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...
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;...
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...
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....
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל לַ עֲבָדָ֗יו בַּקְּשׁוּ...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
THE CONSULTATION WITH THE WITCH...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 28:7 Saul H7586 said H559 (H8799) servants H5650 Find H1245 (H8761) woman H802 medium H1172...
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 Samuel 28:3; 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings
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....
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...