21<\/strong>. I have put my life in my hand<\/em> ] By doing that which rendered her liable to the punishment of death. Cp. 1Sa 19:5<\/span>.<\/p>\n The woman came unto Saul; <\/B>from whom she departed, when she had brought him and Samuel together, that they might more freely converse together, as being alone. <\/P> <\/p>\n And the woman came unto Saul<\/strong>,…. Having left him and the apparition in a room by themselves to converse together, and perhaps on hearing him fall to the ground came in:<\/p>\n and saw that he was sore troubled<\/strong>: by his lying on the ground, and the agonies he seemed to be in, and the uneasiness that sat upon his countenance:<\/p>\n and said unto him, behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice<\/strong>; in divining by her familiar spirit for him, and in bringing up Samuel to him, as he desired:<\/p>\n and I have put my life in my hand<\/strong>; exposed it to the utmost danger, since a person of her profession, and token in the exercise of it, was punishable with death; and especially she was in the greater danger, as it was Saul himself, who had by an edict expelled all such persons from his dominions, who now employed her, as she perceived:<\/p>\n and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me<\/strong>: to the oath he had taken, that no hurt should come to her, which she confided in, and relied upon, and to what he bid her do, according to her art of divination.<\/p>\n (21) And the woman.<\/strong>The story is completed in these few concluding verses (1Sa. 28:21-25<\/span>) in a most natural and unaffected style. The witch, though a grievous sinner, is struck with a womans pity for the stricken king, and with kind words and still kinder acts does her best to recover him from the death-like swoon into which the hapless Saul had fallen. Her whole behaviour contradicts the supposition that she was moved by a bitter hatred against Saul (see Excursus <\/em>L at end of this Book) to desire the appearance of Samuel, and to imitate his voice by means of ventriloquism. Firstly, she was herself terrified at the apparition; and secondly, she was saddened by the effect of the dead seers words on the king, and did her poor best to restore him to composure and strength again. We read in the next verse how the woman, with Sauls servants, used even a gentle compulsion to induce the king to take the nourishment he was so sorely in need of.<\/p>\n 21. <\/strong> The woman came unto Saul <\/strong> During the interview she had been standing at a distance from him, not out of sight, or in an adjoining room, as some have supposed, but a little removed from the king’s presence, so as to be less liable to detection in her arts. <\/p>\n Saw that he was sore troubled <\/strong> Saw how completely her oracles had overwhelmed him with terror and excitement.<\/p>\n (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, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: (25) And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The sequel of this story is just as might be expected. Had this message, awful as it was, come from heaven in answer to prayer, a door of hope might have still been open to repentance. But, when the poor misguided wretch had knocked at the gates of hell, and received such an answer, nothing but a fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation remained, to finish the misery. See that awful scripture; Heb 10:26-31<\/span> .<\/p>\n 1Sa 28:21 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.<\/p>\n Ver. 21. And the woman came unto Saul.<\/strong> ] Though she were a wicked woman, yet she was not without pity and humanity, as some savages are.<\/p>\n Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. <\/p>\n I have put: 1Sa 19:5, Jdg 12:3, Job 13:14 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ki 6:11 – Therefore<\/p>\n 28:21 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 {k} have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.<\/p>\n (k) I have ventured my life.<\/p>\n 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 spokest unto me. 21. 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