1 Samuel 28:19
in 1 Samuel 28Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Moreover Jehovah will deliver Israel also with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: Jehovah will deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 28
Commentary
9 notes on this verseTomorrow you and your sons will be with me, whether Samuel said it, or an evil spirit, it is understood no otherwise than without a body, that is, in another life. For by no means could wicked Saul be there after death, where good Jonathan …
This site's exposition
given it to thy neighbour
on 1 Samuel 28:17-19
The rending of the kingdom repeats what Samuel had told Saul face to face at 15:28, spoken now a second time from beyond the grave. Verse 18 names the ground that chapter had already stated: Saul did not carry out the Lord's sentence on Amalek, the war Exodus 17 swore from generation to generation and Deuteronomy 25 commanded finished. Samuel's own word at 15:23 had set rebellion beside the sin of witchcraft, and Saul closes his reign proving the comparison true by consulting one. Tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me is carried out within a day at chapter 31, and Matthew Henry reads with me only as the common state of the dead, separate from the body, stopping short of naming what company Saul keeps there.
This site's exposition
tomorrow you and your sons will be with
Albert Barnes points out that the sentence reaches beyond Saul's house to the nation. The Philistines plunder the camp and strip the slain at 31:8. Bede and John Wesley both take the words about being with Samuel to mean only that Saul and his sons would die.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Is a little demon capable of prophesying concerning the entire people of God that the Lord is about to deliver Israel?…Can also a little demon know this, that after a king has been appointed with the anointing oil of a prophet, that tomorrow Saul and his sons with him will forfeit their lives?… But I cannot give to a little demon such a great power that he can prophesy concerning Saul and the people of God and he can prophesy concerning David that he will become king.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Thou and thy sons, tho' slain shall be Tomorrow 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 despair, If loving Jonathan is there." Tho' these words may only mean, ye shall surely die, without any reference to the state of their souls after death.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
Moreover, the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hands of the Philistines,....
(2.) That he and his sons should be slain in the battle: To-morrow, that is, in a little time (and, supposing that it was now after midnight, I see not but it may be taken strictly for the very next day after that which had now begun), thou and thy sons shall be with me, that is, in the state of the dead, separate from the body.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Rather, “will deliver Israel also.” Saul had not only brought ruin upon his own house but upon Israel also; and when Saul and Jonathan fell the camp (not “host”) would be plundered by the conquerors 1Sa 31:8; 2Sa 1:10.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
To-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me - What an awful message! In the course of the ensuing day thou shalt be slain, thy three sons shall be slain, and the armies of Israel shall be delivered into the hands of the Philistines! Can any person read this, properly considering the situation of this unfortunate monarch, the triumph of the enemies of God, and the speedy ruin in which the godlike Jonathan is about to be involved, without feeling the keenest anguish of heart? But Samuel says, “He and his sons should be with him.” Does not this mean that they were to go to paradise? I suppose it means no more than that they should all die. Yet the paraphrase of the Rev. C. Wesley is beautiful: - “What do these solemn words portend? A ray of hope when life shall end. Thou and thy sons, though slain, shall be To-morrow in repose with me. Not in a state of hellish pain, If Saul with Samuel do remain: Not in a state of damn’d despair, If loving Jonathan be there.” Saul had committed the sin unto death - the sin to be visited with a violent death, while tile mercy of God was extended to the soul. Thus say my faith, my hope, and my charity; and doth not the mercy of God say the same?
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיִתֵּ֣ן | veyiten | so he may give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְ֠הוָה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| גַּ֣ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עִמְּךָ֙ | ʾimekha | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | pelishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| וּמָחָ֕ר | umachar | and tomorrow | H4279 → | 52 times |
| אַתָּ֥ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וּבָנֶ֖יךָ | uvaneikha | and sons your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עִמִּ֑י | ʾimi | [will be] with me | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| גַּ֚ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַחֲנֵ֣ה | machaneh | [the] camp of | H4264 → | 215 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| יִתֵּ֥ן | yiten | he will give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּיַד־ | beyad- | in [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ | pelishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
וְיִתֵּ֣ןso he may give
veyitenH5414 →2011 times
יְ֠הוָהYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
גַּ֣םalso
gamH1571 →769 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֤לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עִמְּךָ֙with you
ʾimekhaH5973 →1050 times
בְּיַד־in [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים[the] Philistines
pelishtimH6430 →287 times
וּמָחָ֕רand tomorrow
umacharH4279 →52 times
אַתָּ֥הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וּבָנֶ֖יךָand sons your
uvaneikhaH1121 →4930 times
עִמִּ֑י[will be] with me
ʾimiH5973 →1050 times
גַּ֚םalso
gamH1571 →769 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מַחֲנֵ֣ה[the] camp of
machanehH4264 →215 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
יִתֵּ֥ןhe will give
yitenH5414 →2011 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּיַד־in [the] hand of
beyad-H3027 →1618 times
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃[the] Philistines
pelishtimH6430 →287 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 26:24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been…
it leads to
- Luke 24:46
And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
- Acts 26:22–23
But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
- Matthew 18:7
Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
- 1 Corinthians 15:3
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
- Daniel 9:26
Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end…
- Luke 24:46
Through
1 Samuel 12:25But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
it leads to
- Joshua 24:20
If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
- Joshua 24:20
Through
1 Kings 22:20And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 14:9
But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My…
- Ezekiel 14:9
Through
1 Kings 22:28But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
it leads to
- Micah 1:2
Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
- Micah 1:2
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Samuel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON 1 KINGS 5.5, 5.8.