1 Samuel 28:11

11 Finalmente, la mujer dijo:
—Bien, ¿el espíritu de quién quiere que invoque?
—Llama a Samuel —respondió Saúl.

1 Samuel 28:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 28:11

Then said the woman, whom shall I bring up unto thee?
&c.] For such persons, according to their profession, pretended they were able to bring up any of the dead, that he who inquired of them should name:

and he said, bring me up Samuel;
the prophet Samuel he meant, and no doubt the woman so understood him, whose name was well known; he had been an old acquaintance and friend of Saul's, his counsellor and adviser in many things and though he greatly neglected him in the latter part of his life, was very desirous of an interview with him now dead, that he might be advised by him how to get out of the straits and difficulties in which he was involved; but it argued extreme folly and madness in him to imagine, that the spirit of this great and good man was at the beck of a witch, and he to be called out of the state of the dead by her enchantments; or that God would permit him to appear to him, and by him give an answer, when he would not answer him by living prophets, nor any other way.

1 Samuel 28:11 In-Context

9 —¿Está tratando de que me maten? —preguntó la mujer—. Usted sabe que Saúl ha expulsado a todos los médiums y a todos los que consultan los espíritus de los muertos. ¿Por qué me tiende una trampa?

10 Pero Saúl le hizo un juramento en el nombre del Señor
y le prometió:
—Tan cierto como que el Señor
vive, nada malo te pasará por hacerlo.

11 Finalmente, la mujer dijo:
—Bien, ¿el espíritu de quién quiere que invoque?
—Llama a Samuel —respondió Saúl.

12 Cuando la mujer vio a Samuel, gritó:
—¡Me engañó! ¡Usted es Saúl!

13 —No tengas miedo —le dijo el rey—. ¿Qué es lo que ves?
—Veo a un dios
subiendo de la tierra —dijo ella.