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Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. His servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at En-dor.
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A Desperate Hypocrisy
Commentators highlight Saul's profound desperation. Having been abandoned by God, the very king who had outlawed mediums now seeks one out. As Charles Ellicott notes, Saul's earlier religious zeal had twisted into a "wild and desperate superstition," showing how turning from God's path can lead to embracing things one once condemned.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Enquire - This is a different word from the one in 1 Samuel 28:6, though nearly synonymous with it. It is more frequently applie…
19th Century
Anglican
Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit. —He was left alone to himself, and now the last spark of life, the religious…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said Saul to his servants That waited upon him, to some of them, to such as he could place most confidence in t…
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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…
