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Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.
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A Sacred Oath for a Sinful Act
Commentators highlight the profound irony and hypocrisy in Saul's oath. He invokes the name of the living God, 'As Jehovah liveth,' to guarantee safety for an act—consulting a medium—that God's own law explicitly condemns. John Gill notes this reveals the depth of Saul's spiritual crisis, using a sacred vow to enable a wicked deed.
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1 Samuel
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Reformed Baptist
And Saul swore to her by the Lord By the Word of the Lord, as the Targum: it is much that Saul, being about such a w…
Presbyterian
When we go from the plain path of duty, everything draws us further aside, and increases our perplexity and temptation. Saul desires the woman to b…
