1 Samuel 28:7 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 28:7

Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.

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ASV

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.

KJV

Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En–dor.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Enquire - A different word from that in 1Sa 28:6, though nearly synonymous with it. It is more frequently applied to inquiry of a false god, as e. g. 2Ki 1:2; Isa 8:19; Isa 19:3. En-dor (see Jos 11:2 note) was seven or eight miles from the slopes of Gilboa, on the north of little Hermon, where the Philistines were encamped; so that Saul must have run great risks in going there.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He knew the heinousness of the sin of witchcraft, else he would not have cut off those that had familiar spirits; yet now he had recourse to that as an oracle which he had before condemned as an abomination. It is common for men to inveigh severely against those sins which they are in no temptation to, but afterwards to be themselves overcome by them.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שָׁא֜וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
לַעֲבָדָ֗יו	la.'a.va.Dav	to servants his	H5650 →
בַּקְּשׁוּ־	ba.ke.shu-	seek	H1245 →
לִי֙	li	for <the> me
אֵ֣שֶׁת	'E.shet	a woman	H802 →
בַּעֲלַת־	ba.'a.lat-	[the] owner of	H1172 →
א֔וֹב	'ov	necromancy	H178 →
וְאֵלְכָ֥ה	ve.'e.le.Khah	so let me go	H1980 →
אֵלֶ֖יהָ	'e.Lei.ha	to her	H413 →
וְאֶדְרְשָׁה־	ve.'ed.re.shah-	so I may consult	H1875 →
בָּ֑הּ	Bah	<in> <the> her
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
עֲבָדָיו֙	'a.va.Dav	servants his	H5650 →
אֵלָ֔יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
הִנֵּ֛ה	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
אֵ֥שֶׁת	'E.shet	a woman of	H802 →
בַּֽעֲלַת־	ba.'a.lat-	an owner of	H1172 →
א֖וֹב	'ov	necromancy	H178 →
בְּעֵ֥ין	be.'Ein	[is] in En-	H5874 →
דּֽוֹר׃	Dor	-dor	H5874 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
leads to
- Leviticus 19:31
  You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Leviticus 20:6
  Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
- 1 Samuel 15:23
  For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”
- Deuteronomy 18:10–14
  Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
Through
Acts 16:16
One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
leads to
- Isaiah 8:19
  When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 18:9–11
  When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
- 1 Chronicles 10:13
  So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
- 1 Timothy 6:10
  For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

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06About 1 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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About 1 Samuel