1 Samuel 28:1

Saúl y la adivina de Endor

1 Por aquel tiempo, los filisteos reunieron sus tropas para ir a la guerra contra Israel. Por lo tanto, Aquis le dijo a David:—Quiero que sepas que tú y tus hombres saldrán conmigo a la guerra.

1 Samuel 28:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 28:1

And it came to pass in those days
That David was in the country of the Philistines:

that the Philistines gathered their armies together:
out of their five principalities or lordships:

for warfare to fight with Israel;
with whom they were continually at war, and though sometimes there was a cessation of arms, yet never any settled peace; and the Philistines took every opportunity and advantage against them, as they now did; when David was among them, and so had nothing to fear from him, but rather expected his assistance; and Samuel was dead, and Saul in a frenzy:

and Achish said unto David:
who seems to have been at the head of the combined armies of the Philistines:

know thou assuredly that thou shall go with me to battle, thou and thy
men;
against Israel; which was a trying thing to David, and whereby he was like to be drawn into a dilemma; either to fight against his country, which he could not do conscientiously; or be guilty of ingratitude to Achish, and incur his displeasure, and be liable to be turned out of his country, or treated in a worse manner, even he and his men, to be seized on and cut to pieces by the forces of the Philistines, should he refuse.

1 Samuel 28:1 In-Context

1 Por aquel tiempo, los filisteos reunieron sus tropas para ir a la guerra contra Israel. Por lo tanto, Aquis le dijo a David:—Quiero que sepas que tú y tus hombres saldrán conmigo a la guerra.

2 —Está bien —respondió David—. Ya verá Su Majestad de lo que es capaz este siervo suyo.—Si es así —añadió Aquis—, de ahora en adelante te nombro mi guardaespaldas.

3 Ya Samuel había muerto. Todo Israel había hecho duelo por él, y lo habían enterrado en Ramá, que era su propio pueblo. Saúl, por su parte, había expulsado del país a los adivinos y a los hechiceros.

4 Los filisteos concentraron sus fuerzas y fueron a Sunén, donde acamparon. Saúl reunió entonces a los israelitas, y armaron su campamento en Guilboa.

5 Pero cuando vio Saúl al ejército filisteo, le entró tal miedo que se descorazonó por completo.