1 Samuel 28:14
“And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And he said unto her, what form is he of?.... Of what stature is he? or rather of what age does he seem to be? and what…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
An old man cometh up, and he is covered with a mantle - This seems to have been a second apparition; she cannot mean…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Samuel 28:7-14
Here, I. Saul seeks for a witch, Sa1 28:7. When God answered him not, if he had humbled himself by repentance and…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
An old man cometh up The Sept. has "a man coming up upright," a reading which is possibly due to the strange Rabbinic…
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