1 Samuel 28:9

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?

1 Samuel 28:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 28:9

And the woman said unto him
Not knowing who he was:

behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done;
for by his speech and habit she perceived he was an Israelite, and so must be acquainted with what had passed in the nation, especially of a public nature, and which made a great noise, as doubtless this, lid:

how he both cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards,
out of the land;
as many of them as he had knowledge of, or information about; and by this it appears that he did not merely expel them his dominions, but he put them to death, according to the law of God, ( Exodus 22:18 ) ( Leviticus 20:27 ) ; so the putting them out of the land, ( 1 Samuel 28:3 ) , was putting them to death, and the woman's after reasoning confirms this: one should think for Saul to be told this to his face must fill him with shame and confusion, and his conscience must accuse him of sin and folly to make this attempt; and he must stand self-convicted and self-condemned; and it was enough to have deterred him from pursuing his scheme, had not his heart been strangely hardened:

wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
she suspected that Saul and his men were persons that came to entrap her; that when they had prevailed upon her to exercise her art, would turn informers against her, to the taking away of her life, it being death to practise it.

1 Samuel 28:9 In-Context

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?

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.