1 Samuel 28:14 KJV,ASV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 28:14

He is covered with a mantle; the usual habit of prophets, 2 Kings 2:8,2 Kings 2:13; Zechariah 13:4, and particularly of Samuel, 1 Samuel 15:27. Saul perceived that it was Samuel; the woman pretended, and Saul upon her suggestion believed, that it was Samuel indeed; and so many popish and some other writers conceived. But that it was not Samuel, but the devil representing Samuel, is sufficiently evident. For, first, It is most incredible that God, who had just now refused to answer Saul by the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

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 which the king placed in him.1 Samuel 28:2. “Surely thou shalt know,” or Assuredly, or Therefore thou shalt know. Evidently David found himself in a dilemma and gives an ambiguous answer. “Keeper of mine head,” i.e., “captain of my body-guard—an office of great trust and high honour.” (Jamieson.) The narrative... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

Chapter 28So it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, Know assuredly, that you shall go out to battle with me, you and your men. So David said to Achish, And you shall know what your servant can do. Achish said to David, Therefore I will make you the keeper of my head for ever. [In other words, sort of putting David over as his personal bodyguard and all.] Now Samuel was dead, and Israel had... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

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 pythoness, a word often used by Herodotus for the Sybils or priestesses of heathen temples. It was understood that she was familiar with an evil genius, but an evil genius that certainly had no power over Samuel. The African negroes in the West Indies still preserve the Hebrew word, and affect to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

1 Samuel 28:1-25The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Night preceding battleAs the flash of lightning reveals the hidden scenery around, so the reception of momentous news suddenly reveals character. Two such events we trace--the news of the terrible defeat brought to Saul, and the news of Saul’s death brought to David. Leading his people to meet the Philistines, at whose number he is astonished and affrighted, we come upon Saul as his army is... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 28:7-25

1 Samuel 28:7-25Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit.Saul and the witch of EndorThis narrative is unlike any other in the Bible, and therefore, as might have been expected, has received various explanations. Three of them may be briefly noticed:(1) That Samuel himself appeared to the mistress of necromancy in Endor, and predicted to Saul his death on the morrow;(2) That an evil spirit, or demon, personating Samuel, appeared to the woman and predicted to Saul his death.(3) That the woman,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 28:14

1 Samuel 28:14And Saul perceived that it was Samuel.The appearance of SamuelThis is altogether a strange and mysterious scene. It is a difficult and much debated question how we are to understand it. One or two remarks is all that can be offered here. In the first place, there is no ground whatever for supposing a collusion between the woman and Soul’s two servants. Nor, secondly, is it at all tenable that Satan appeared, personating Samuel. Whether, then, shall we hold that the whole phenomena... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:14

1Sa 28:14 And he said unto her, What form [is] he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he [is] covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it [was] Samuel, and he stooped with [his] face to the ground, and bowed himself. Ver. 14. What form is he of? ] Heb., What is his form? for as yet Saul saw him not; though soon after he both saw him, and heard him preaching his funeral sermon. And he is covered with a mantle. ] The clothes of a prophet, wherein also Samuel was buried, saith... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 28:14

What form is he of: Heb. What is his form a mantle: 1 Samuel 15:27, 2 Kings 2:8, 2 Kings 2:13, 2 Kings 2:14 Reciprocal: Judges 16:20 - the Lord 1 Samuel 28:19 - and to morrow 1 Kings 1:45 - This is 1 Kings 19:19 - his mantle 2 Kings 1:7 - What manner of man was he read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 28:14

And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.A mantle — The usual habit of prophets, and particularly of Samuel, chap15:27. If it was not Samuel, but an other spirit in his shape, it is not true, that Saul perceived it was Samuel. It seems Saul did not see him, so soon as the woman, which occasioned his asking those questions. read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 28:14

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 28:1-25

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 28:7-25

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 28:14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 28:14

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 28:14

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