1 Samuel 28:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

She cried with a loud voice, for fear of her life, Saul himself being witness of her crime. Thou art Saul: this she knew, either by some gesture of reverence which this supposed Samuel might show to Saul, as to the king; or by information from this ghost; or from the spirit by whose help she had raised him.

1 Samuel 28:12

12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.