1 Samuel 28:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.

Disguised

John 3:19

I pray thee

Deuteronomy 18:11

1 Chronicles 10:13

Isaiah 8:19

Bring me

1 Samuel 28:15

General references

Leviticus 19:31

Bible References

Disguised

Jeroboam said to his wife, “Arise now, and disguise yourself so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who spoke concerning me that I would be king over this people.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

“Can a man hide himself in hiding places
So I do not see him?” declares the Lord.
“Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

I pray thee

or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry of it,

When they say to you, “Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter,” should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living?

Bring me

Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” And Saul answered, “I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do.”

General references

‘Do not turn to

mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.