1 Samuel 28:10

10 Alors Saül lui jura par l'Éternel, et lui dit: L'Éternel est vivant! il ne t'arrivera aucun mal pour cela.

1 Samuel 28:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 28:10

And Saul sware to her by the Lord
By the Word of the Lord, as the Targum: it is much that Saul, being about such a work of darkness and wickedness, could take the name of the Lord into his mouth, and swear by him in such a solemn manner; which must surely put him in mind of his omniscience, from whom this wicked action could not be hid:

saying, [as] the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee
for this thing;
the tenor of the oath was, and so the woman understood it, that he would never make any discovery of what she did, and so she would be sat from punishment; though as he was the supreme governor, and a very arbitrary prince, had it been discovered, he could have screened her from justice, though contrary to the law of God; however, he could not secure her from eternal punishment.

1 Samuel 28:10 In-Context

8 Alors Saül se déguisa, et prit d'autres habits, et s'en alla, lui et deux hommes avec lui; et ils arrivèrent de nuit chez cette femme. Et Saül lui dit: Prédis-moi, je te prie, par la magie; et fais-moi monter celui que je te dirai.

9 Mais la femme lui répondit: Voici, tu sais ce que Saül a fait; comment il a ôté du pays les magiciens et les devins; pourquoi donc dresses-tu un piège à ma vie, pour me faire mourir?

10 Alors Saül lui jura par l'Éternel, et lui dit: L'Éternel est vivant! il ne t'arrivera aucun mal pour cela.

11 Alors la femme dit: Qui veux-tu que je te fasse monter? Et il répondit: Fais-moi monter Samuel.

12 Et quand la femme vit Samuel, elle poussa un grand cri, et elle dit à Saül: Pourquoi m'as-tu trompée? tu es Saül