1 Samuel 28:6

6 Entonces le preguntó al Señor
qué debía hacer, pero el Señor
rehusó contestarle ya fuera por sueños o por sorteo sagrado
o por medio de los profetas.

1 Samuel 28:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 28:6

And when Saul inquired of the Lord
And this being not done truly and heartily, nor continued in, it was as if he had not inquired, and especially after he had inquired of one that had a familiar spirit, as Kimchi observes; for so it is said, ( 1 Chronicles 10:14 ) ;

the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams;
which he dreamed himself, from whence he could not conclude anything relating to the will of God; so the Targum,

``the Lord did not receive his prayer even by dreams;''

or by dreamers, diviners, who pretended to give answers by dreams:

nor by Urim;
there being no priest to consult in this way, Abiathar having fled with the ephod, in which were the Urim and Thummim, to David, ( 1 Samuel 23:9 ) ; though some think that he sent to Abiathar, who was with David, to inquire for him; and others that he made another ephod with Urim, and appointed another priest to consult by them; neither of which are probable:

nor by prophets;
of which there was a school not far from him, even at Naioth in Ramah, of which Samuel in his lifetime was president; but neither by the one nor the other could Saul get an answer from God, who for his sins had departed from him.

1 Samuel 28:6 In-Context

4 Los filisteos montaron su campamento en Sunem, y Saúl reunió a todo el ejército de Israel y acampó en Gilboa.

5 Cuando Saúl vio al inmenso ejército filisteo, tuvo miedo y se aterrorizó.

6 Entonces le preguntó al Señor
qué debía hacer, pero el Señor
rehusó contestarle ya fuera por sueños o por sorteo sagrado
o por medio de los profetas.

7 Así que Saúl les dijo a sus consejeros:
—Busquen a una mujer que sea médium, para ir y preguntarle qué hacer.
Sus consejeros le respondieron:
—Hay una médium en Endor.

8 Entonces Saúl se disfrazó con ropa común en lugar de ponerse las vestiduras reales y fue a la casa de la mujer por la noche, acompañado de dos de sus hombres.
—Tengo que hablar con un hombre que ha muerto —le dijo—. ¿Puedes invocar a su espíritu para mí?