1 Samuel 28:11-15
28:12 a It is not clear why seeing Samuel caused the woman to recognize Saul.28:13 b Saul asked the medium to describe what she saw that caused her to scream. She described a divine being, a god (Hebrew ’elohim) coming up. Perhaps she observed a human figure with a godlike or angelic appearance, or her use of the term god might reflect a pagan belief that a person becomes a god—a spirit possessing supernatural abilities—after death.
28:15 c God has left me: The same Hebrew term is used in 16:14 d and Judg 16:20 e.
• won’t reply by prophets or dreams: Cp. 1 Sam 28:6 f.
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