1 Samuel 28:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Compelled him, i.e. did over-persuade him, by importunate entreaties, as the next words show.

1 Samuel 28:23

23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.