1 Samuel 28

First Book of Samuel chapter 1 Samuel 28 1 Samuel 27 chapter 27 1 Samuel 29 chapter 29 First book of Samuel Old Testament 9 Nevi'im 3 Former Prophets Leningrad-codex-08-samuel.pdf 250px The pages containing the Books of Samuel (1 & 2 Samuel) in Leningrad Codex (1008 CE). 1 Samuel 28 is the twenty-eighth chapter of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the first part of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible.Halley 1965 183 Jewish tradition attributes the book to the prophet Samuel, with later additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan;Hirsch Emil G. SAMUEL, BOOKS OF http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13080-samuel-books-of www.jewishencyclopedia.com modern scholarship, however, regards it as a compilation of independent texts dated to 630–540 y.Knight 1995 62Jones 2007 197 This chapter contains the account of David's escape from Saul's repeated attempts to kill him,Jones 2007 209Coogan 2007 433 Hebrew Bible lying within a section comprising 1 Samuel 16 to 2 Samuel 5 that records the rise of David as the king of Israel.Jones 2007 207 Text This chapter was originally written in Biblical Hebrew. It is divided into 12 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Biblical Hebrew are of the Masoretic Textual tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008).Würthwein 1995 35-37 Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls including 4Q51 (4QSama; 100–50) with extant verses 1–3, 22–25.Ulrich 2010 287–288Dead sea scrolls - 1 SamuelAugust 2026 This source is primarily from a religious point of view.Fitzmyer 2008 354Q51 at the Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library Extant ancient manuscripts of a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint (originally was made in the last few centuries BCE) include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century) and Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century).Würthwein 1995 73-74The whole book of 1 Samuel is missing from the extant Codex Sinaiticus.Codex Sinaiticus Places Israel 240 right Ancient Israel Places mentioned in this chapter Israel 31.823333 35.231111 Red_pog.svg 6 Gibeah 100 right Israel 32.605556 35.334444 Blue_pog.svg 6 Shunem 100 left Israel 32.433889 35.414444 Blue_pog.svg 6 Gilboa 100 bottom Israel 32.640747 35.376919 Blue_pog.svg 6 Endor 100 top Endor Gilboa Shunem The Philistines gather against Israel (28:1–2) Verses 1–2 continue the story of David's time among the Philistines, which will be resumed in chapters 29–30.1 Samuel 29–30 HEJones 2007 213 As the Philistines prepared for another war against Israel, David was placed in an awkward position to prove his loyalty to Achish (hbo /ʔaˈχiːʃ/ pron; hbo yes אָכִישׁ ʾāḵîš) by going to fight against his own people.Evans 2018 272 Saul and the Medium of Endor (28:3–25) right|thumb|200px|Witch of Endor by Nikolai Ge, 1857. At his camp at Mount Gilboa, facing the big army of Philistines at Shunem, Saul was in utter fear because he had no access to divine guidance, as described in verses 3–6:Jones 2007 213 Samuel was already dead and buried, and Saul had forbidden communication with non-human entities from the land, as required by the Law of Moses: "Now Samuel had died and all Israel made lament for him; and he was buried in his own town of Ramah. And Saul had forbidden [recourse to] ghosts and familiar spirits in the land."1 Samuel 28:3 HE yesLeviticus 19:31, 20:6, 20:27 HE yesDeuteronomy 18:11 HE Saul did not receive counsel from YHWH in his dreams, via throwing sacred lots (Urim), or from his prophets (cf. Jeremiah 18:18; Ezekiel 7:26).Jones 2007 213 This caused Saul to desperately turn to prohibited means of getting to know the divine will, going against his own laws.Jones 2007 213 Because Endor was located northeast of Shunem, thus behind enemy lines, Saul had to go in disguise and at night.Jones 2007 213Evans 2018 280 The narrative about Saul's visit to the woman in Endor was 'one of the most bizarre texts in Scripture', as it claimed that Samuel's spirit could be called to speak through using witchcraft.Evans 2018 281 It is debatable whether it was really Samuel's spirit or the woman impersonating Samuel, because there was no new information was given other than what was already known from Samuel's speech long ago.Evans 2018 281–282 The text does say that the woman "saw a figure coming up", whom Saul assumed to be "Samuel" (verse 14), and was in terror (as perhaps she never had this result before), as well as got the knowledge that Saul was the one requesting this (verse 12).Evans 2018 282 The main point of the narrative is to show how Saul was totally cut off from YHWH, and failed as a king to protect Israel as he himself and his heirs would die at the hands of the Philistines.Jones 2007 213 Verse 3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented for him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the spiritists out of the land.1 Samuel 28:3 NKJV NKJV The first sentence is a repetition of 1 Samuel 25:1.Exell, Joseph S.; Spence-Jones, Henry Donald Maurice (Editors). On "1 Samuel 28". In: The Pulpit Commentary. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890. Accessed 24 April 2019. See also 22em Achish Amalek Israelites Necromancy Philistines Samuel Witch of Endor Related Bible parts: 1 Samuel 27, 1 Samuel 29, 1 Samuel 30 Notes References Sources Commentaries on Samuel Auld Graeme 1 & 2 Samuel https://books.google.com/books?id=2Vo-11umIZQC&pg=PA213 James D. G. Dunn and John William Rogerson Eerdmans Commentary on the Bible Eerdmans 2003 9780802837110 Bergen David T. 1, 2 Samuel https://books.google.com/books?id=eGT6fWsajqcC B&H Publishing Group 1996 9780805401073 Chapman Stephen B. 1 Samuel as Christian Scripture: A Theological Commentary Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company 2016 978-1467445160 https://books.google.com/books?id=kS4XDAAAQBAJ Evans Paul 1-2 Samuel The Story of God Bible Commentary Tremper Longman Zondervan Academic 2018 978-0310490944 https://books.google.com/books?id=Uy8-DwAAQBAJ Gordon Robert I & II Samuel, A Commentary https://books.google.com/books?id=JMJ1ZAnswuUC&dq=I+%26+II+Samuel:+a+commentary+Gordon&pg=PA338 Paternoster Press 1986 9780310230229 Hertzberg Hans Wilhelm I & II Samuel, A Commentary https://books.google.com/books?id=friNN7IdjOIC&q=Saul+appointed+anointed+instituted&pg=PA19 Westminster John Knox Press 1964 trans. from German 2nd edition 1960 978-0664223182 19 Tsumura David Toshio The First Book of Samuel https://books.google.com/books?id=iLKAlhLDkMwC Eerdmans 2007 9780802823595 General Breytenbach Andries Past, Present, Future: the Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets Brill 2000 Who Is Behind The Samuel Narrative? https://books.google.com/books?id=uP22QHpnKq8C&pg=PA50 Johannes Cornelis de Moor and H.F. Van Rooy 9789004118713 Coogan Michael David Michael D. Coogan The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books: New Revised Standard Version, Issue 48 Coogan Michael David Marc Zvi Brettler Carol Ann Newsom Pheme Perkins Augmented 3rd Oxford University Press 2007 978-0195288810 https://books.google.com/books?id=HmpMPgAACAAJ Fitzmyer Joseph A. Joseph Fitzmyer A Guide to the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company https://books.google.com/books?id=TILXeWJ2eNAC 2008 9780802862419 Grand Rapids, MI Halley Henry H. Henry Hampton Halley Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary 24th (revised) Zondervan Publishing House 1965 https://archive.org/details/halleysbiblehand00henr registration 0-310-25720-4 Hayes Christine Introduction to the Bible Yale University Press 2015 https://books.google.com/books?id=SKbkXYHxvlAC 978-0300188271 Jones Gwilym H. 12. 1 and 2 Samuel The Oxford Bible Commentary John Barton John Barton (theologian) John Muddiman John Muddiman Oxford University Press first (paperback) 2007 196–232 978-0199277186 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ February 6, 2019 Klein R.W. Samuel, books of https://books.google.com/books?id=6OJvO2jMCr8C Bromiley, Geoffrey W The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Eerdmans 2003 9780802837844 Knight Douglas A https://books.google.com/books?id=SNLN1nEEys0C&q=630+BCE&pg=PA62 James Luther Mays, David L. Petersen and Kent Harold Richards Chapter 4 Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomists Old Testament Interpretation T&T Clark 1995 9780567292896 Ulrich Eugene The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants 2010 Brill https://archive.org/details/TheBiblicalQumranScrolls Würthwein Ernst Ernst Würthwein The Text of the Old Testament Wm. B. Eerdmans Grand Rapids, MI 1995 Erroll F. Rhodes 0-8028-0788-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=FSNKSBObCYwC January 26, 2019 External links Jewish translations: Shmuel I - I Samuel - Chapter 28 (Judaica Press). Hebrew text and English translation [with Rashi's commentary] at Chabad.org Christian translations: Online Bible at GospelHall.org (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English) 1 Samuel chapter 28. Bible Gateway 28 Category:Witch of Endor Category:Philistines Category:Saul