1 Samuel 28:25

25 She served it to Sha'ul and his servants, and they ate. Afterwards, they got up; and they went away that night.

1 Samuel 28:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 28:25

And she brought [it] before Saul, and before his servants, and
they did eat
Of the fatted calf, and unleavened bread, which she set upon a table before them, in the best manner she could:

then they rose up, and went away that night;
that it might not be seen in what house they had been, and that they might get to the camp without being discovered by the Philistines, or known by the Israelites that they had been out.

1 Samuel 28:25 In-Context

23 But he refused and said, "I won't eat."Then his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he heeded what they said. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed.

24 The woman had a fattened calf in the house; she hurried to slaughter it; then she took flour, kneaded it and baked matzah with it.

25 She served it to Sha'ul and his servants, and they ate. Afterwards, they got up; and they went away that night.