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Verse 1 Samuel 28:15. _WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME_] The complaint is
not directed against the _woman_ but against _Saul_. Indeed, her
incantations had no influence in the business, and it does not ap...
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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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Samuel pronounces Saul's doom
15. _Why hast thou disquieted me_ Disturbed me from my rest in Sheôl.
Samuel utters this complaint, because although he came as God's
messenger, Saul's sin was the movin...
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DISCOURSE: 308
THE WITCH OF ENDOR
1 Samuel 28:15. _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...
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SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL, WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME— Houbigant observes
very justly, that Samuel complains not of the woman, but of _Saul,_
for disquieting him; whence it appears clear, that Samuel was n...
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_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...
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_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 GOD IS DEPARTED FROM ME, AND ANSWERETH ME N...
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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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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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AND SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL, WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME, TO BRING ME UP?
— Erd-manu, in _Lange,_ argues from this that the incantation of the
witch of En-dor had brought about the result, viz., the calli...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵל֙ אֶל ־שָׁא֔וּל
לָ֥מָּה...
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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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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...
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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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Up. To inform a person of something very terrible, is distressing; and
though the saints deceased cannot partake in the afflictions of
mortals, yet we read that "the angels of peace will weep, but the...
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(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...
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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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_IN THE WITCH’S CAVE_
‘God is departed from me.’
1 Samuel 28:15
I. THERE WERE THREE COURSES OPEN TO SAUL: he might sit down in quiet
hopelessness, and let the evil come; or he might in faith and pe...
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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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AND SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL, WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME TO BRING ME
UP?.... This makes it a clear case that this was not the true Samuel;
his soul was at rest in Abraham's bosom, in the state of bliss an...
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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 God is departed from me, and answereth me no...
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_Why hast thou disquieted me?_ “Houbigant observes very justly, that
Samuel complains not of the woman, but of Saul, for disquieting him;
from whence it follows that Samuel was not raised up by her ma...
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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 ANSWER RECEIVED BY SAUL...
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And Samuel, the apparition of the evil spirit which had the form of
Samuel, SAID TO SAUL, WHY HAST THOU DISQUIETED ME, TO BRING ME UP? AND
SAUL ANSWERED, I AM SORE DISTRESSED, in great straits; FOR TH...
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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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BY PROPHETS:
_ Heb._ by the hand of Prophets...
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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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SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL; as the devil appeared in Samuel's shape and garb,
so also he speaketh in his person, that he might insnare Saul, and
encourage others to seek to him in this wicked way. And God pe...
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1 Samuel 28:15 Samuel H8050 said H559 (H8799) Saul H7586 disturbed
H7264 (H8689) up H5927 (H8687) Saul...
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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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1 Samuel 28:15
We have before us here a picture of a God-deserted man; one who has in
former times had plenteous advantage and revelation, but who has
forsaken God until God has forsaken him in turn,...
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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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_God is departed from me._
“WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD”
It is not in the power of language to depict a more terrible and
hopeless condition for a rational creature to be in than that set
forth in thes...
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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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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
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 28:15 THEN SAMUEL SAID TO SAUL. The Bible
text assumes that the spirit raised by the medium really is Samuel. He
is called “Samuel” in vv....
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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 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 16:14; 1 Samuel 18:12; 1 Samuel 23:10;...
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Called Samuel — Happy had it been, if he had called Samuel sooner,
or rather the God of Samuel! It was now too late: destruction was at
hand and God had determined, it should not be stayed....