Samuel said: i.e. the spirit personating Samuel said. Just as it is done in the present day by the medium: never directly.
disquieted. If Samuel, then it shows he was "quiet" before.
me. Not my spirit.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
no more. Therefore certainly not by means which He had expressly forbidden. See Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:10; Deuteronomy 18:13, &c.
by prophets. Saul omits the reference to "Urim" because it would remind him of the murder of the priests (1 Samuel 22:18; 1 Samuel 22:19). See note on 1 Samuel 28:6.