1 Samuel 28:11 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 28:11

“Whom shall I bring up for you?” the woman asked. “Bring up Samuel,” he replied.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

KJV

Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Bring me up Samuel - Dr. Trench observes, “All human history has failed to record a despair deeper or more tragic than his, who, having forsaken God and being of God forsaken, is now seeking to move hell; and infinitely guilty as he is, assuredly there is something unutterably pathetic in that yearning of the disanointed king to change words with the friend and counselor of his youth, and if he must hear his doom, to hear it from no other lips but his” (‘Shipwrecks of Faith, ‘ p. 47).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Samuel - Whose kindness and compassion as he had formerly experienced, so now he expected it in his deep distress. This practice of divination by the dead, or the souls of dead persons, was very usual among all nations.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

On the other hand, many eminent writers (considering that the apparition came before her arts were put in practice; that she herself was surprised and alarmed; that the prediction of Saul's own death and the defeat of his forces was confidently made), are of opinion that Samuel really appeared.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה	ha.'i.Shah	the woman	H802 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִ֖י	mi	whom?	H4310 →
אַֽעֲלֶה־	'a.'a.leh-	will I bring up	H5927 →
לָּ֑ךְ	Lakh	for <the> you
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל	she.mu.'El	Samuel	H8050 →
הַֽעֲלִי־	ha.'a.li-	bring up	H5927 →
לִֽי׃	Li	for <the> me