20 25. Saul entertained by the woman<\/p>\n
20<\/strong>. all along<\/em> ] His full length<\/strong>, lit. “the fulness of his stature.” Terror of mind and exhaustion of body left him powerless.<\/p>\n Verse 20<\/span>. Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth.<\/B><\/I>] Literally, he fell with his own length<\/I>, or with the fullness of<\/I> his stature<\/I>. He was so overwhelmed with this most dreadful message, that he swooned away, and thus fell at his own length<\/I> upon the ground<\/I>. The woman, being terrified, had probably withdrawn to some distance at the first appearance of the prophet; and Saul was left alone with Samuel. After some short time, the<\/I> woman came<\/I> again unto Saul, found him sore troubled<\/I>, and offered him those succours which humanity dictated.<\/P> <\/p>\n Saul fell along on the earth, <\/B>being quite dispirited with these sad and surprising tidings, and so unable to stand. <\/P> <\/p>\n Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth<\/strong>,…. Fell at his full length at once, as if he had been thunderstruck, or pierced through with a dart or sword:<\/p>\n and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel<\/strong>; as he supposed they were, whose words never failed:<\/p>\n and there was no strength in him<\/strong>: to rise up again, he was quite dispirited and strengthless:<\/p>\n for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night<\/strong>; which contributed the more to his weakness; not only his fears, but not eating any food, occasioned his weakness, and that through want of an appetite, by reason of the great concern of his mind in his present troubles.<\/p>\n Saul’s Despair.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><\/span><\/P> <\/TD> B. C.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> 1055.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> <\/TABLE> 20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. 21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it,<\/I> and did bake unleavened bread thereof: 25 And she brought it<\/I> before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.<\/P> We are here told how Saul received this terrible message from the ghost he consulted. He desired to be told what he should do<\/I> (v.<\/I><\/span> 15<\/span>), but was only told what he had not done and what should be done to him. Those that expect any good counsel or comfort otherwise than from God, and in the way of his institutions, will be as wretchedly disappointed as Saul here was. Observe,<\/P> I. How he sunk under the load, v.<\/I><\/span> 20<\/span>. He was indeed unfit to bear it, having eaten nothing all the day<\/I> before, nor that night.<\/I> He came fasting from the camp, and continued fasting; not for want of food, but for want of an appetite. The fear he was in of the power of the Philistines (v.<\/I><\/span> 5<\/span>) took away his appetite, or perhaps the struggle he had with his own conscience, after he had entertained the thought of consulting the witch, made him to nauseate even his necessary food, though ever so dainty. This made him an easy prey to this fresh terror that now came upon him like an armed man. He fell all along on the earth,<\/I> as if the archers of the Philistines had already hit him, and there was no strength in him<\/I> to bear up against these heavy tidings. Now he had enough of consulting witches, and found them miserable comforters. When God in his word speaks terror to sinners he opens to them, at the same time, a door of hope if they repent: but those that apply to the gates of hell for succour must there expect darkness without any glimpse of light.<\/P> II. With what difficulty he was persuaded to take so much relief as was necessary to carry him back to his post in the camp. The witch, it should seem, had left Saul alone with the spectre, to have his talk with him by himself; but perhaps hearing him fall and groan, and perceiving him to be in great agony, she came to him (v.<\/I><\/span> 21<\/span>), and was very importunate with him to take some refreshment, that he might be able to get clear from her house, fearing that if he should be ill, especially if he should die there, she should be punished for it as a traitor, though she had escaped punishment as a witch. This, it is probable, rather than any sentiment of kindness, made her solicitous to help him. But what a deplorable condition had he brought himself to when he needed so wretched a comforter! 1. She showed herself very importunate with him to take some refreshment. She pleaded (v.<\/I><\/span> 21<\/span>) that she had obeyed his voice to the endangering of her life, and why therefore should not he hearken to her voice for the relieving of his life? v.<\/I><\/span> 22<\/span>. She had a fat calf at hand (and the word signifies one that was made use of in treading out the corn, and therefore could the worse be spared); this she prepared for his entertainment, v.<\/I><\/span> 24<\/span>. Josephus is large in applauding the extraordinary courtesy and liberality of this woman, and recommending what she did as an example of compassion to the distressed, and readiness to communicate for their relief, though we have no prospect of being recompensed. 2. He showed himself very averse to it: He refused, and said, I will not eat<\/I> (v.<\/I><\/span> 23<\/span>), choosing rather to die obscurely by famine than honourably by the sword. Had he laboured only under a defect of animal spirits, food might have helped him; but, alas! his case was out of the reach of such succours. What are dainty meats to a wounded conscience? As vinegar upon nitre, so is he that sings songs to a heavy heart,<\/I> so disagreeable and unwelcome. 3. The woman at length, with the help of his servants, overpersuaded him, against his inclination and resolution, to take some refreshment. Not by force, but by friendly advice, they compelled him<\/I> (v.<\/I><\/span> 23<\/span>), and of no other than such a rational and courteous compulsion are we to understand that in the parable, Compel them to come in,<\/I> Luke xiv. 23<\/I><\/span>. How forcible are right words,<\/I> when men are pressed by them to that which is for their own interest! Job vi. 25<\/span>. Saul was somewhat revived with this entertainment; so that he and his servants, when they had eaten, rose up and went away<\/I> before it was light (v.<\/I><\/span> 25<\/span>), that they might hasten to their business and that they might not be seen to come out of such a scandalous house. Josephus here much admires the bravery and magnanimity of Saul, that, though he was assured he should lose both his life and honour, yet he would not desert his army, but resolutely returned to the camp, and stood ready for an engagement. I wonder more at the hardness of his heart, that he did not again apply to God by repentance and prayer, in hopes yet to obtain at least a reprieve; but he desperately ran headlong upon his own ruin. Perhaps, indeed, now that rage and envy possessed him to the uttermost, he was the better reconciled to his hard fate, being told that his sons, and Jonathan among the rest, whom he hated for his affection to David, should die with him. If he must fall, he cared not what desolations of his family and kingdom accompanied his fall, hoping it would be the worse for his successor. Emou thanontos gaia michtheto pyri.<\/B><\/I>—I care not if, when I am dead, the world should be set on fire.<\/I> He begged not, as David, “Let thy hand be against me, but not against thy people.”<\/P><\/p>\n (20) Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth.<\/strong>Up to this period we must understand Saul listening to the prophets words in that attitude of humble reverence which he assumed when he perceived that he was in the presence of Samuel (1Sa. 28:14<\/span>); but now, on hearing the words of awful judgment, crushed with terror and dismay, and previously weakened by a long fast and the fatigue of the rough night walk from Mount Gilboa to En-dor, he fell prostrate to the earth.<\/p>\n 20<\/strong>. <\/strong> Fell straightway all along <\/strong> See margin. He was completely overwhelmed with fear. <\/p>\n Because of the words of Samuel <\/strong> He believed that the words he had heard were the words of the holy Samuel. The witch was perfectly successful in making him believe that she had called up the holy prophet from his rest in hades. <\/p>\n No strength in him <\/strong> Before his interview with the woman he must have been weak from his long fasting, and now these impressive oracles completely prostrate him <\/p>\n Saul’s Response To What He Had Heard ( 1Sa 28:20-25<\/strong><\/span><\/strong> ). <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Once Samuel had gone Saul’s response to his words are illuminating. It is clear that he had no thought of repentance or of calling on YHWH. Rather he was terrified as he considered the implications of what he had heard. We note again in this an indication of Saul’s surface religiosity. This is further emphasised by the fact that he had been fasting, no doubt in order to obtain some kind of divine help (compare 1Sa 14:24<\/span>). He seemingly thought that thereby he could move the hand of YHWH. But the only actual ‘benefit’ that he obtained from it was that he was in no physical condition to withstand the shock. As Isaiah would declare later, there was no point in fasting unless the heart was right towards God (Isaiah 58<\/span>). Thus Saul gained nothing and was left distraught. <\/p>\n Note that Saul’s growing fear is emphasised throughout the chapter. In 1Sa 28:5<\/span> he had been greatly afraid and his heart had trembled violently at the sight of the great host assembled against them. It was this naked terror that had driven him to do what he had done. Somehow as he had seen that host in front of his eyes he had probably known that it was the end. And now he was even more terrified, for his certain doom had been announced. And the result of that and the fasting was such that he physically collapsed. <\/p>\n And yet he still refused to eat. Perhaps it was because he clung tenaciously to the only exercise that he felt could bring him assistance in his hour of need, a desperate and superstitious attempt to manipulate YHWH, or perhaps it was because he knew that to accept the medium’s hospitality (thus declaring friendship) was to put him beyond the pale. He would be aligning himself with her. But whichever it was in the end he was persuaded to eat, and did so, probably because he came to the recognition that he could not go on unless he did so. He had reached the end of his tether. <\/p>\n Analysis. <\/p>\n a <\/strong> Then straight away Saul fell his full length on the earth, and was terrified (sore afraid), because of the words of Samuel, and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night (1Sa 28:20<\/span>). <\/p>\n b <\/strong> And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was very much troubled, and said to him, “Look, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. Now therefore, I pray you, you listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you, and eat, in order that you may have strength, when you go on your way” (1Sa 28:21-22<\/span>). <\/p>\n c <\/strong> But he refused, and said, “I will not eat” (1Sa 28:23<\/span> a). <\/p>\n b <\/strong> But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him, and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed, and the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she acted hurriedly, and killed it, and she took flour, and kneaded it, and baked from it unleavened bread (1Sa 28:23-24<\/span>). <\/p>\n a <\/strong> And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away in\/into that night (1Sa 28:25<\/span>). <\/p>\n Note that in ‘a’ Saul had not eaten and was terrified, and in the parallel he ate and went out into ‘that night’. In ‘b’ the woman offers him food, and seeks to constrain him to eat, and in the parallel he is constrained and does eat. Central in ‘c’ was his desire not to eat (and possibly break a vow). <\/p>\n 1Sa 28:20<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n ‘<\/strong> Then straight away Saul fell his full length on the earth, and was terrified (sore afraid), because of the words of Samuel, and there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.’ <\/p>\n This probably means that he fainted, and when he came to himself was filled with terror at the remembrance of what he had been told. We are then given the explanation for his fainting fit. It was because he had not been eating properly. He had eaten nothing since daybreak. From what we already know of Saul this was probably because he was hoping thereby to ensure victory (1Sa 14:28<\/span>). He was one of those who were superstitious and never learned from experience. <\/p>\n 1Sa 28:21<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n ‘<\/strong> And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was very much troubled, and said to him, “Look, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.” <\/p>\n Not surprisingly Saul was in great distress. The man whom he trusted more than any other had informed him ‘from the other side’ that the cause was already lost, and that there was no hope, at least in the short term. The hope of Israel, the one who might have made a difference, was far away (as this was the night before the battle he was possibly by this time back in Ziklag or chasing the Amalekites (1 Samuel 29-30)). <\/p>\n The woman of Endor was very concerned for him. She pointed out to him that she had listened to his words, and had trusted him, even putting her life in his hands (note the threefold emphasis). Now she appealed for him to do the same for her, to listen to her and act accordingly. <\/p>\n 1Sa 28:22<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n “<\/strong> Now therefore, I pray you, you listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you, and eat, in order that you may have strength, when you go on your way.” <\/p>\n Accordingly she begged him at least to listen to her and eat something to revive his failing strength. Soon he would be on his way, and if he was to make it back to his camp some miles away he must have something to eat. ‘Morsel of bread’ was a slight under-exaggeration. She intended to give him a substantial meal. <\/p>\n 1Sa 28:23<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n ‘<\/strong> But he refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him, and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed.’ <\/p>\n But Saul refused. He was an obstinate man and his religious inclinations which were based on false premises, were overriding his common sense. So he declared, “I will not eat.” Perhaps he also felt that to accept the hospitality of such a woman would put him in the wrong (such is the self-contradictory nature of human beings). <\/p>\n However, in the end, still lying faint on the floor, he did listen to the combined appeals of his men and of the woman, and agreed to eat. Then he picked himself up and sank onto the cushion-covered bench along the wall. <\/p>\n 1Sa 28:24<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n ‘<\/strong> And the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she acted hurriedly, and killed it, and she took flour, and kneaded it, and baked from it unleavened bread.’ <\/p>\n The woman then hurried out and fetched the fatted calf (a calf kept especially fattened up in case important guests came). Then she killed and cooked it, hurriedly made some unleavened bread (there was no time for leavening). It would be a hastily prepared meal but a substantial one, ‘fit for a king’. The later Bedouin in fact regularly cooked meat immediately after killing an animal, and prepared fresh bread for each meal. It was not therefore something unusual. <\/p>\n 1Sa 28:25<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n ‘<\/strong> And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants, and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away in\/into that night.’ <\/p>\n Then she brought it before Saul and his servants, and they all ate. Considerably strengthened they then went away ‘into that night’. They had come by night and they went out into the night. All was darkness. It was symbolic of their state of heart, and of what was to happen. It was the darkness before a dawn which would have such devastating consequences for Saul and for Israel. And it was symbolic of Saul’s life. Having refused the bread of YHWH he partook of the bread of darkness. By this time he had nowhere else to turn. <\/p>\n This whole incident is given in some detail because in the writer’s mind it summarised Saul’s life and superficiality. He looked for quick fixes without commitment. He was religiously orthodox as regards the externals, until it suited him to be otherwise, but he lacked heart. And he used his religion as a tool in order to obtain favour. However, once his heart was put to the test he failed. He was spiritually shallow. Unlike David he had no real conception of ‘the fear of God’. <\/p>\n 1Sa 28:20-21<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Then Saul fell straightway<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Immediately after having pronounced the dreadful words in the former verse, Samuel disappeared, leaving the unhappy king in the most dreadful consternation. Saul, most probably, during the time of Samuel’s appearance, had been left alone with him, the woman having retired. Continuing some time prostrate upon the earth, without power to move or speak, the woman at length returned to him, and with his servants persuaded him to take some refreshment. The sacred historian does not inform us of all that passed. There is no doubt but the Pythoness was well paid, and that the repast she offered was not at her own expence. Dr. Delaney makes two judicious observations on this event. The first is, that the son of Sirach, who seems to have had as much wisdom, penetration, and piety, as any critic who came after him, is clearly of opinion, with the sacred historian, that it was Samuel himself <\/em>who foretold the fate of Saul and his house in this interview: and it is no ill presumption, that his judgment was also that of the Jewish church upon this head. The next is, that whereas it has been made a question, Whether the Jews had any belief in the immortality of the soul? this history is a full decision upon that point; and, perhaps, the establishment of that truth upon the foot of sensible evidence, was not the slightest purpose of Samuel’s appearance upon this occasion. Indeed, the whole art of necromancy is founded entirely upon a belief of the immortality of the soul; for how could it be believed, that the souls of the dead could be evoked, if they died with the body? And, as this practice was so general among the heathens, it is plain that the immortality of the soul was generally received as a determined principle. See Le Clerc and Calmet. <\/p>\n Note; <\/em>(1.) They who depart from God, leave their own mercies. A miserable life, and a more miserable death, is their wretched portion. (2.) When a man is given up to despair, he rushes on his own destruction, as the horse rusheth into the battle. <\/em>(3.) Let every man who reads Saul’s end, tremble at the thought of grieving the holy Spirit of God, lest he be thus forsaken, and left to the wickedness and despair of his own heart. <\/p>\n 1Sa 28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.<\/p>\n Ver. 20. Then Saul fell straightway all along.<\/strong> ] Like an ox, totus totus, quantus quantus; <\/em> Heb., In the fulness of his stature: and this he made haste to do. a<\/em> Let such as run to witches look for no more comfort in distress: or else to any other like sinister practice. Clement V, Pope, sent to a wizard to know how it fared with a nephew of his, who had been his catamite, now that he was dead. The wizard assured the messenger that he had seen him in hell torments. The Pope was so troubled and terrified hereat, that he never looked up again, but died soon after. b<\/em> Cicero c<\/em> made lamentable moan in his misery, crying out, O me nunquam sapientem! &c. O meam cadamitosam et praecipitem senectutem! O turpem exacta dementique aetate canitiem!<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n For he had eaten no bread.<\/strong> ] Haply, saith Martyr, because such as came to inquire of witches were to come fasting; as God will be sought to by fasting and prayer. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Corruit ut erat erectus et stabat.<\/em> – Vat.<\/em> <\/p>\n b<\/em> Jacob. Rev., in Vit. Pontif.<\/em> <\/p>\n c<\/em> Epist. ad Octav.<\/em> <\/p>\n fell straightway = remained motionless. Compare Act 9:7, where “stood. <\/p>\n speechless = remained speechless. See Act 26:14. The two passages <\/p>\n together = fell, and remained so. <\/p>\n bread = food. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species). App-6. <\/p>\n fell straightway: Heb. made haste and fell with the fullness of his stature <\/p>\n sore afraid: 1Sa 28:5, 1Sa 25:37, Job 15:20-24, Job 26:2, Psa 50:21, Psa 50:22 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Est 6:13 – If Mordecai Psa 73:19 – they are Isa 23:10 – no more Heb 10:27 – a certain<\/p>\n 1Sa 28:20. Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth Struck to the heart, as if the archers of the Philistines had already hit him, at the hearing this dreadful sentence pronounced upon himself, his family, and people; and overcome with astonishment and terror. And was sore afraid because of the words of Samuel Observe, reader, the words of Samuel, says the inspired historian, and not the words of Satan, or any evil spirit personating Samuel. These words, which he now fully believed, and which were the more awful as being pronounced by a departed spirit, sent from the invisible world on purpose to pronounce them, even the spirit of a great and holy prophet, whom he had once highly revered, and to whom, under God, he had owed all his elevation; these words so operated upon his mind, weakened and oppressed with guilt, and upon his body, exhausted with fatigue and fasting, that no strength, or power of motion, was left in him; and he fell at his full length as dead upon the floor. Unhappy Saul! he now reaps the bitter fruits of forsaking God, and of being therefore forsaken by him, and of his many great and aggravated crimes. Vengeance, which had long hovered over him, and waited in long-suffering for his repentance, now advances with large and rapid strides, and his doom approaches. He is deeply sensible of it, and is overwhelmed with horror and dismay on the account thereof.<\/p>\n 28:20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore {i} afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.<\/p>\n (i) The wicked when they hear God’s judgments, tremble and despair, but cannot seek for mercy by repentance.<\/p>\n Saul’s failure to listen 28:20-25<\/span><\/p>\n Why did the writer give us so much information about this woman’s concern for Saul? For one thing, it is another instance of the reversal-of-fortune motif that is so common in 1 and 2 Samuel. Saul should have executed the woman for witchcraft, as the Law commanded, but instead she ministered to Saul. A disobedient medium became a source of blessing for the disobedient king. Saul had departed so far from God that even this woman, through whom he had just learned about his own death the next day, could nourish and refresh him.<\/p>\n Beyond this, the similarity between the woman’s words and Samuel’s is striking. Samuel had said that because Saul had not obeyed God, God had done something to Saul (1Sa 28:18). The woman said that because she had obeyed Saul, Saul should do something for her (1Sa 28:21-22).<\/p>\n "Saul realizes he has landed in a situation which resembles a covenant with the medium instead of with YHWH." [Note: W. A. M. Beuken, "1 Samuel 28 : The Prophet as ’Hammer of Witches,’" Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 6 (1978):8.] <\/span><\/p>\n Samuel’s words terrified Saul, but they did not move him to listen and obey. Saul had not eaten and was physically weak. Perhaps he had been fasting to get a word from God. The woman reminded Saul that she had listened to the king’s promise that no harm would come to her, and her conduct reflected her faith in him. She then begged him to listen to her and to eat something since he was so weak, but Saul would not listen to her as he had not listened to God. Only after prolonged entreaty by the medium and Saul’s servants did the king concede to eat. This proved to be Saul’s "last supper." [Note: Walter Brueggemann, First and Second Samuel, p. 196.] <\/span> What a contrast it is with the Last Supper of Jesus Christ, the vice-regent who always listened to and obeyed God faithfully. Saul ate this meal in dread as he anticipated death the next day, whereas Jesus ate His Last Supper at peace with His Father anticipating death the next day.<\/p>\n We would expect that with such a striking warning, Saul would have withdrawn Israel’s army and fled south toward Gibeah and safety, but he did not. He evidently still felt that he could oppose God’s word and succeed. He went into battle the next day and perished. God removed His unfaithful anointed because he proved to be an insubordinate and inattentive vice-regent. He also disciplined the nation Saul represented by allowing the Philistines to defeat Israel.<\/p>\n This pericope helps the reader appreciate the serious consequences of not listening to God’s word and not obeying His will. Saul could not get guidance from God because God had ceased giving His rebellious servant directions. People sometimes cannot get guidance from God because they have been unwilling to listen to God and obey Him. He stops speaking to them. Saul then tried to get guidance from elsewhere. God graciously provided it to him in the form of a final warning, but Saul disregarded that too. He plunged forward to his death. Similarly, Judas received a final warning from Jesus in the Upper Room, but he disregarded it and died within 24 hours. How important it is not to harden our hearts when God speaks to us (cf. Psa 95:6-11; Heb 3:7-8; Heb 3:15; Heb 4:7)!<\/p>\n Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. 20 25. 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