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1 Samuel 28:13

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13 Et le roi lui répondit: Ne crains point; mais que vois-tu? Et la femme dit à Saül: Je vois un dieu qui monte de la terre.

1 Samuel 28:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 28:13

And the king said unto her, be not afraid
Meaning not of the apparition, but of him; since he had sworn no punishment should come upon her, and he should inviolably observe his oath: for what sawest thou? for as yet Saul himself saw not anything, the woman being between him and the apparition; or she might be in another room with her familiar spirit performing the operations when Samuel appeared:

and the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth;
a great personage, one of a majestic form, like the gods, or judges and civil magistrates, sometimes so called, as Kimchi and R. Isaiah rightly interpret it; and so the Targum,

``I saw an angel of the Lord;''

a person that looked like one; for not many came up with him, and particularly Moses, as say some Jewish writers F4.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 T. Bab. Chagigah, fol. 4. 8. Pirke Eliezer, c. 33.
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1 Samuel 28:13 In-Context

11 Alors la femme dit: Qui veux-tu que je te fasse monter? Et il répondit: Fais-moi monter Samuel.
12 Et quand la femme vit Samuel, elle poussa un grand cri, et elle dit à Saül: Pourquoi m'as-tu trompée? tu es Saül
13 Et le roi lui répondit: Ne crains point; mais que vois-tu? Et la femme dit à Saül: Je vois un dieu qui monte de la terre.
14 Et il lui dit: Comment est-il fait? Elle répondit: C'est un vieillard qui monte, et il est couvert d'un manteau. Et Saül comprit que c'était Samuel; et il s'inclina le visage contre terre, et se prosterna.
15 Et Samuel dit à Saül: Pourquoi m'as-tu troublé, en me faisant monter? Saül répondit: Je suis dans une grande détresse; car les Philistins me font la guerre, et Dieu s'est retiré de moi, et ne m'a plus répondu, ni par les prophètes, ni par les songes; et je t'ai appelé, afin que tu me fasses connaître ce que je dois faire.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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