1Sa 28:24 | TNotes | STEP | 28:24 fattening a calf ... dough ... bread: This meal was a major undertaking, a model of hospitality (cp. Gen 18:5-7 ). This meal the medium shared with Saul recalls the fine meal Samuel had shared with Saul (1 Sam 9:22-24 ) before he anointed Saul as king. That meal with God’s prophet marked the beginning of Saul’s kingship. This meal with a condemned spiritist came shortly before his death.

bGen 18:5-7►

c1 Sam 9:22-24►

‏ 1 Samuel 28:24

28:24 ^a fattening a calf ... dough ... bread: This meal was a major undertaking, a model of hospitality (cp. Gen 18:5-7 ^b). This meal the medium shared with Saul recalls the fine meal Samuel had shared with Saul (1 Sam 9:22-24 ^c) before he anointed Saul as king. That meal with God’s prophet marked the beginning of Saul’s kingship. This meal with a condemned spiritist came shortly before his death.