1 Samuel 28:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 spirit at Endor. ”

1 Samuel 28:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 ; Isaiah...
1 Samuel 28:7 - 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 28:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
1 Samuel 28:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
1 Samuel 28:7 - 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 ap...
1 Samuel 28:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 familia...
1 Samuel 28:7 - 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 28:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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, rathe...
1 Samuel 28:7 - 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 28:7 - 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 28:7 - 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 28:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 fami...
1 Samuel 28:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 t...
1 Samuel 28:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
1 Samuel 28:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 informa...
1 Samuel 28:7 - 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 28:7 - 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 28:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
1 Samuel 28:7 - 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 28:7 - 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 28:7 - 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 28:7 - 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 28:7 - 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 28:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consultation with the Witch
1 Samuel 28:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 10:13 ; 1 Samuel 28:3 ; 2 Kings 1:2 ; 2 Kings 1:3 ; 2 Kings 6:33 ; Acts 16:16 ; Deuteronomy 18:11 ; Habakkuk 2:3 ; Isaiah 19:3 ; Isaiah 8:19 ; Isaiah 8:20 ; Joshua 17:11 ; L...
1 Samuel 28:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 .

1 Samuel 28:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 28:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 28:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 28:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 28:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 28:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 28:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 28:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 28:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 28:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 28:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 28:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 28:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 28:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 28:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes