1 Samuel 28:7

7 Entonces Saúl dijo a sus criados: Buscadme alguna mujer espiritista, para que yo vaya a ella, y por medio de ella pregunte. Y sus criados le respondieron: He aquí hay una mujer en Endor que es espiritista

1 Samuel 28:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 28:7

Then said Saul unto his servants
That waited upon him, to some of them, to such as he could place most confidence in to keep a secret; perhaps only the two after mentioned:

seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and
inquire of her;
that was mistress of the bottle, a ventriloquist, that spoke out of her belly, or seemed to do; who had the spirit of Python or divination, conversed with the devil, and by his assistance pretended to bring up a dead person, and thereby foretell things to come; (See Gill on Deuteronomy 18:11); a woman is pitched upon, because such were most addicted to those wicked arts, and being of the weaker sex, were more easily imposed upon by Satan; and Saul showed himself to be as weak, to seek after such persons; but being left of God, he acted the part of a mad man, as well as of a bad man:

and his servants said to him, behold, [there is] a woman that hath a
familiar spirit at Endor;
a city in the tribe of Manasseh, of which see ( Joshua 17:11 ) ; it was not far from Gilboa. Mr. Maundrell speaks ^F3 of it as near Nain, at the foot of Mount Hermon; and turning, a little southward, he says, you have in view the high mountains of Gilboa. It is a tradition of the Jews ^F4 that this woman was the mother of Abner, the wife of Zephaniah; some say her name was Zephaniah; but, as Abarbinel observes, if so she would have known Saul, and also Saul would have known her, and what she was, if, as they say, she was spared because of her relation to him; nor needed he to have inquired of his servants for such a woman.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Journey from Aleppo, p. 115.
F4 Pirke Eliezer, c. 33. foi. 35. 2. Shalshalet Hakabala, fol. 8. 1. Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 77. B.

1 Samuel 28:7 In-Context

5 Y cuando vio Saúl el campamento de los filisteos, temió, y se turbó su corazón en gran manera

6 Y consultó Saúl al SEÑOR; pero el SEÑOR no le respondió, ni por sueños, ni por Urim, ni por profetas

7 Entonces Saúl dijo a sus criados: Buscadme alguna mujer espiritista, para que yo vaya a ella, y por medio de ella pregunte. Y sus criados le respondieron: He aquí hay una mujer en Endor que es espiritista

8 Y se disfrazó Saúl, y se puso otros vestidos, y se fue con dos hombres, y vinieron a aquella mujer de noche; y él dijo: Yo te ruego que me adivines por espiritismo, y me hagas subir a quien yo te dijere

9 Y la mujer le dijo: He aquí tú sabes lo que Saúl ha hecho, cómo ha talado de la tierra las espiritistas y los adivinos; ¿por qué pues pones tropiezo a mi vida, para hacerme matar