1 Samuel 28:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. ”

1 Samuel 28:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gods - אלהים 'ĕlohı̂ym is here used in a general sense of a supernatural appearance, either angel or spirit. Hell, or the place of the departed (compare 1 Samuel 28:19 ; 2 Samuel 12:23 ) i...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:2 is continued by 1 Samuel 29:1 ; the connexion is broken by the insertion of 1 Samuel 28:3-25 . Saul and the Witch of Endor. This section interrupts the connexion; moreover,...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

gods . Plural of Elohim. Either "a god "or. spirit manifestation. out of the earth . Not down, or forth, as in John 11:43 ; John 11:44 .
1 Samuel 28:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. I saw gods ascending out of the earth - The word אלהום elohim, wh...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For what sawest thou?— It should be rendered, but what sawest thou? The word translated Gods, is אלהים elohim. The Chaldee renders it, a messenger of the Lord. Houbigant thinks that she spe...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. I saw gods ascending out of the earth , х 'ªlohiym ( H4...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Saul and the Witch of Endor 1 Samuel 28:3-25 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 i...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

( 13 ) I saw gods ascending out of the earth. — The king at once calms the witch’s fears for her life, and impatiently, as it would seem, asks what she saw which called forth the cry of fear and...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXIV. SAUL AT ENDOR. 1 Samuel 28:3-25 . 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 d...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Resorting to a Familiar Spirit 1 Samuel 28:1-14 This chapter records the climax to which Saul's sins led, and which sealed his fate. See 1 Chronicles 10:13-14 . He went back to that which he h...
1 Samuel 28:13 - 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...
1 Samuel 28:13 - 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...
1 Samuel 28:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king said unto her, be not afraid ,.... Meaning not of the apparition, but of him; since he had sworn no punishment should come upon her, and he should inviolably observe his oath: for what...
1 Samuel 28:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. Ver. 13. For what sawest thou? ] He then was not an eye-witnes...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The woman said, I saw gods ascending The original word here used is elohim; and is with equal propriety rendered God, a god, or gods; when spoken of Jehovah it is translated God in the Script...
1 Samuel 28:13 - L. 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...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saul Consults the Witch at Endor. B. C. 1055. 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. A god, a divine person, glorious, and full of majesty and splendour, exceeding not only mortal men, but common ghosts. She useth the plural number, gods, either after the manner of the Hebrew...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Saul Consults A Necromancer And Samuel Appears To Him ( 1 Samuel 28:3-19 ). Having been unable to obtain any response from God, Saul, in desperation, determined to turn to a necromancer. It would,...
1 Samuel 28:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 whic...
1 Samuel 28:13 - 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 pytho...
1 Samuel 28:13 - 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 momento...
1 Samuel 28:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DOWNFALL AND DEATH OF SAUL ( CHS . 28-31.) THE PHILISTINES GATHER TOGETHER FOR WAR . DISTRESS OF SAUL , AND VISIT TO THE WITCH OF ENDOR ( 1 Samuel 28:1-9 .)...
1 Samuel 28:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consultation with the Witch
1 Samuel 28:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 22:28 ; Exodus 4:16 ; John 10:34 ; John 10:35 ; Psalms 82:6 ; Psalms 82:7
1 Samuel 28:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Gods — That is, a god, and divine person, glorious, and full of majesty and splendor, exceeding not only mortal men, but common ghosts. She used the plural number, gods, either after the manner of...

1 Samuel 28:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 28:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 28:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 28:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 28:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 28:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 28:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 28:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 28:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 28:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 28:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 28:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 28:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 28:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes