1|Sam. 28:3a| Samuel| 1|Sam. 25:1
1|Sam. 28:3b| mediums| Lev. 19:31;| 20:27;| Deut. 18:10-11;| 1|Sam. 28:9;| cf. 2|Kings 21:6
1|Sam. 28:6a| inquired| 1|Sam. 14:37
1|Sam. 28:6b| Urim| cf. Exo. 28:30;| Num. 27:21;| Deut. 33:8
1|Sam. 28:71| medium
| Samuel had warned Saul that his rebellion was like the sin of divination (15:23). Here Saul practiced divination, which involves contact with evil spirits and is worse than idol worship.
1|Sam. 28:8a| Consult| Lev. 19:31;| Deut. 18:11;| Acts 16:16
1|Sam. 28:131| some
| Or, a god; Heb. elohim.
1|Sam. 28:15a| turned| 1|Sam. 16:14;| 18:12
1|Sam. 28:17a| Jehovah| 1|Sam. 15:28
1|Sam. 28:18a| not| 1|Sam. 15:11
1|Sam. 28:191a| you| cf. 1|Sam. 31:8
| On Saul’s tragic end (31:1-5), see note 61 in ch. 31.
1|Sam. 28:24a| fattened| Gen. 18:7-8;| Luke 15:23