Full Name. This account already exists. Did you forget your password? There was an error while trying to create your account. Please try again soon. What does the Great Commission have to do with mobile devices? More than you might think. Learn more. Show footnotes. Hide footnotes. The medium does not want her alleged ability to contact the dead to lead to her joining them prematurely.
However, Saul will not accept her refusal, and to reassure her he swears an oath. It is sheer blasphemy to employ the divine name to guarantee immunity to one engaging in practices contrary to divine law.
Possibly the manner in which Saul speaks and the assumption that he can indemnify individuals convinces the woman that she is dealing with no ordinary visitor. The text is reticent about the procedures the medium uses—indeed, that she uses any at all—not just to avoid undue interest in the occult but also because on this occasion her techniques do not contribute to the result.
In light of her description of the apparition in 1 Samuel , it is improbable that she recognizes Samuel at this point. However, despite her fright, the medium has been thinking hard, and the unexpected nature of the apparition leads her to identify Saul and accuse him of deception by not disclosing himself to her.
Saul is as excited as the medium is disturbed. Perhaps at this point Samuel becomes visible to Saul, who greets him with all deference and respect. There are no barriers to communication between Samuel and Saul, and the medium plays no part in their conversation.
More significantly, there is no confession of wrongdoing or past rebellion. Samuel provides Saul with no new information, instead stressing that the existing situation is in accordance with what Samuel had, during his life, revealed to Saul.
Defeat awaits king and people alike. Furthermore, Saul and his sons will die the following day cf. The king appointed to defeat the Philistines 1 Sam will die leaving Israel dominated by the Philistines. Presumably Saul had maintained a kneeling position before Samuel 1 Sam. Since she has risked her life to comply with his demands, he ought now to act on her advice and eat to regain his strength.
The woman has a fattened calf in the stall in her house. She kills it and presumably boils or roasts some of its meat—a special delicacy in those days. Though she acts quickly in preparing it and baking bread, it is no mere snack she provides but a meal fit for a king. So for an hour or two Saul sits on the bed, brooding over what has occurred. The God who is light had not blessed Saul, who is left to face his inevitable end the following day. Duguid, James M.
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