1 Samuel 28:19 ASV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 28:19

With me, i.e. in the state of the dead; and so it was true both of Saul and Jonathan. Or, in the state of rest; for though thou shalt suffer here for thy sin, yet after death thou shalt be happy, as dying in the Lord’s quarrel: so the devil’s design might be to flatter Saul into an opinion of his own future happiness, and to take him off from all serious thoughts and cares about it. And it is here observable, that as it was the manner of the heathen oracles to answer ambiguously, the better to... 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

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:19

1Sa 28:19 Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow [shalt] thou and thy sons [be] with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. Ver. 19. Moreover the Lord will also. ] See how Satan layeth load enough upon this already despairing wretch, that he may hurry him to hell: as afterwards he did the Gergesenes’ swine into the sea headlong. Till men have sinned, Satan is a parasite; when they have... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 28:19

the Lord: 1 Samuel 12:25, 1 Samuel 31:1-Joshua :, 1 Kings 22:20, 1 Kings 22:28 and to morrow: There is considerable diversity of opinion, both among learned and pious men, relative to this appearance to Saul. But the most probable opinion seems to be, that Samuel himself did actually appear to Saul, not by the power of enchantment, but by the appointment and especial mercy of God, to warn this infatuated monarch of his approaching end, that he might be reconciled with his Maker. There is not... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.Tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: "What do these solemn words portend? A gleam of hope when life shall end. Thou and thy sons, tho' slain shall be To-morrow in repose with me. Not in a state of health or pain If Saul with Samuel doth remain; Not in a state of damn'd... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 28:3-25

SAUL’S DISTRESS, AND INTERVIEW WITH THE WITCH OF ENDOR, 1 Samuel 28:3-25. Saul’s interview with the witch of Endor has ever been regarded as a subject beset with peculiar difficulties, and variously has it been explained. Justin Martyr and Origen held that by the incantations of the witch the spirit of Samuel actually appeared and conversed with Saul. Modern spiritism also affirms that the witch was a medium through whom the king of Israel received communications from the spirit of Samuel. But... read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 28:19

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

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 28:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 28:19

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 28:19

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 28:3-25

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