Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Samuel 28:6
And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by (c) Urim, nor by prophets.
(c) Meaning, the high priest, (Exodus 28:30).
And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by (c) Urim, nor by prophets.
(c) Meaning, the high priest, (Exodus 28:30).
Verse 1 Samuel 28:6. _THE LORD ANSWERED HIM NOT _] He used the _three methods_ by which supernatural intelligence was ordinarily given:- 1. _Dreams_. - The person prayed for instruction; and begged t...
WHEN SAUL INQUIRED OF THE LORD ... - It is said 1 Chronicles 10:14 that one reason why the Lord killed Saul, and gave his kingdom to David, was because he inquired not of the Lord. The explanation of...
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...
ENQUIRED. asked. Hebrew. _sha'al,_ to ask. Not darash, "to seek out". See note on 1 Samuel 28:7, and 1Ch 10:13, 1 Chronicles 10:14. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. ANSWERED HIM NOT. Not likely th...
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...
_when Saul inquired of the Lord_ In 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 it is said that "Saul died … for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it, _and inquired not of the Lord_." The cont...
_Saul Forsaken by God._ 1 Samuel 28:3-6 3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, an...
_AND WHEN SAUL INQUIRED OF THE LORD, THE LORD ANSWERED HIM NOT, NEITHER BY DREAMS, NOR BY URIM, NOR BY PROPHETS._ And when Saul inquired of the Lord. Since it was a part of the official duty of the h...
28:6 Urim, (e-17) See Nehemiah 7:65 ....
DREAMS] These are always regarded in the Bible as one method of divine revelation: see Numbers 12:6. URIM] see on Exodus 28:30. The ephod and the Urim had gone down with Abiathar to David (1 Samuel 23...
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 WHEN SAUL ENQUIRED OF THE LORD. — — The question has been asked, How was the enquiry made? for since the massacre at Nob, the high priest, or, at least, the priest in possession of the sacred epho...
וַ יִּשְׁאַ֤ל שָׁאוּל֙ בַּֽ יהוָ֔ה וְ לֹ֥א
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...
_Dreams. During which God often revealed his will. See Deuteronomy xiii. 3. --- Priests. Hebrew, "nor by Urim." It seems Saul had appointed some priests, and had fabricated a fresh ephod, with the Uri...
(4) And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. (5) And when Saul saw the host of the Philistin...
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...
AND WHEN SAUL INQUIRED OF THE LORD,.... And this being not done truly and heartily, nor continued in, it was as if he had not inquired, and especially after he had inquired of one that had a familiar...
And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. Ver. 6. _And when Saul inquired of the Lord._] Which he did not with a true heart, Heb...
_When Saul inquired of the Lord_ This seems to contradict what is affirmed 1 Chronicles 10:14, that _he did not inquire of the Lord_, which is assigned as the reason why the Lord slew him. But Rabbi K...
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...
And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams nor by Urim, that is, the Urim and Thummim of the high priest's ephod, for Saul had either had anew ephod made after th...
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...
1-6 David could not refuse Achish without danger. If he promised assistance, and then stood neuter, or went over to the Israelites, he would behave with ingratitude and treachery. If he fought agains...
SAUL INQUIRED OF THE LORD, in his slight and perfunctory way, as 1 SAMUEL 14:19, as appears from hence, that when God did not speedily answer him, he goes to the devil for an answer, 1 SAMUEL 28:7; fo...
1 Samuel 28:6 Saul H7586 inquired H7592 (H8799) LORD H3068 LORD H3068 answer H6030 (H8804) dreams H2472 Urim...
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,...
URIM (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 28:30). _...
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...
_The Lord answered him not._ GOD’S SILENCE I. A frequent experience of those who seek God. It is neither an universal nor invariable one, else prayer would become impossible. But it is sufficiently...
_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 28:6 BY DREAMS, OR BY URIM, OR BY PROPHETS were the allowable means of determining the will of the Lord. THE LORD DID NOT ANSWER because he had rejected Saul from bein
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 10:14; 1 Samuel 14:37; Deuteronomy 33:8; Exodus 28:20;...