1 Samuel 28:14

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Kemudian bertanyalah ia kepada perempuan itu: "Bagaimana rupanya?" Jawabnya: "Ada seorang tua muncul, berselubungkan jubah." Maka tahulah Saul, bahwa itulah Samuel, lalu berlututlah ia dengan mukanya sampai ke tanah dan sujud menyembah.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Kemudian bertanyalah ia kepada perempuan itu: "Bagaimana rupanya?" Jawabnya: "Ada seorang tua muncul, berselubungkan jubah." Maka tahulah Saul, bahwa itulah Samuel, lalu berlututlah ia dengan mukanya sampai ke tanah dan sujud menyembah.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka titahnya kepadanya: Bagaimana rupanya: Maka sembah perempuan itu: Adapun yang bangkit itu seorang orang tua berselubungkan kain selimut. Serta diketahui Saul, bahwa ia itu Semuel, maka tunduklah ia dengan mukanya sampai ke bumi lalu sujud.

Contextual Overview

⁷ Then sayd Saul vnto his seruautes: Seeke me a woman that hath a familier spirite, that I may go to her, and aske of her. And his seruauntes sayd to him: Beholde, there is a woman that hath a familier spirite at Endor. ⁸ And Saul chaunged him selfe, and put on other rayment, and then went he & two men with him, and they came to the woman by nyght, and he sayde: I pray thee coniecture vnto me by the familier spirite, & bring me him vp whom I shall name vnto thee. ⁹ And the woman saide vnto him: Beholde, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath destroyed the sorcerers, and the soothsayers out of the land: Wherfore then layest thou a snare for my soule, to cause me to die? ¹⁰ And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying: As the Lorde lyueth, there shall no harme come to thee for this thyng. ¹¹ Then saide the woman: Whom shall I fetch vp vnto thee? He aunswered: Bring me vp Samuel. ¹² When the woman sawe Samuel, she cryed with a loude voyce, and spake to Saul, saying: Why hast thou deceaued me? for thou art Saul. ¹³ And the king saide vnto her: Be not afrayd: What sawest thou? The woman saide vnto Saul: I sawe gods ascending vp out of the earth. ¹⁴ He saide vnto her againe: What fashion is he of? She aunswered: There cometh vp an olde man with a mantel vpon him. And Saul perceaued that it was Samuel, and he stowped with his face to the ground, and bowed him selfe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What form is he of: Heb. What is his form

a mantle: 1 Samuel 15:27, 2 Kings 2:8, 2 Kings 2:13, 2 Kings 2:14

Reciprocal: Judges 16:20 - the Lord 1 Samuel 28:19 - and to morrow 1 Kings 1:45 - This is 1 Kings 19:19 - his mantle 2 Kings 1:7 - What manner of man was he

Cross-References

Genesis 12:3
I wyll also blesse them that blesse thee, and curse the that curseth thee: and in thee shall all kinredes of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 13:14
And the Lorde saide vnto Abram, after that Lot was departed fro hym: Lyft vp thyne eyes nowe, and loke fro the place where thou art, northwarde, southward, eastwarde, and westward:

Genesis 13:16
And I wyl make thy seede as the dust of the earth: so that yf a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seede also be numbred.

Genesis 18:18
Seyng that Abraham shall surely be a great and a myghtie nation, and all the nations of the earth shalbe blessed in hym?

Genesis 22:18
And in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearde my voyce.

Genesis 26:4
And wyl make thy seede to multiplie as the starres of heauen, and wyll geue vnto thy seede al these countreys: and in thy seede shall all the nations of the earth be blessed:

Genesis 28:11
And he came vnto a certayne place, & taryed there all night, because the sunne was downe: and toke of the stones of the place, and put vnder his head, and layde hym downe in the same place to sleepe.

Genesis 28:12
And he dreamed, and beholde there stoode a lather vpo the earth, and the toppe of it reached vp to heauen: and see, the angels of God went vp & downe vpon it.

Genesis 32:12
Thou saydest, I wyll surely do thee good, and make thy seede as the sande of the sea, whiche can not be numbred for multitude.

Numbers 23:10
Who can tell the dust of Iacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? I pray God that my soule may dye the death of the righteous, and that my last ende may be like his.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 clothes has he on? as appears from the answer:

and she said, an old man cometh up, and he is covered with a mantle; such as either priests or judges wore, and Samuel did in his lifetime:

and Saul perceived that it [was] Samuel; by the description she gave of him, by his age and apparel; for as yet it is not certain that he himself saw him, though it should seem as if he did by what follows: it is in the original, "that it was Samuel himself"; which seems to make for those who think the real Samuel appeared, and no doubt Saul thought it was really he himself:

and he stooped with [his] face to the ground, and bowed himself: either in reverence to Samuel, and from whom he hoped relief, and therefore was all obeisance; or he put himself in this posture, that he might listen and hear what should be said; it being a general notion that such spirits gave their responses whispering and muttering, Isaiah 8:19; though Abarbinel, as before observed, is of opinion, that this is to be understood of Samuel, that he bowed to Saul in reverence of him as a king; which does not so well agree with the connection of the words. Some have thought that it was the true Samuel, or the soul of Samuel, that appeared; so Josephus e, and many other writers; but to this may be objected, that that would not have ascended out of the earth, but come down from heaven; and that it cannot reasonably be supposed that it was in the power of the witch, by the assistance of the devil, to fetch it from heaven; nor be thought that God would send it from thence on such an errand, to give Saul an answer, when he would not answer him by any prophet on earth, nor in any other way; and especially it seems quite incredible that he should send it at the motion of a witch, and through her enchantments, who, according to a law of his, ought not to live; whereas nothing could have given greater countenance to such a wicked profession than this: nor would the true Samuel have admitted such worship and homage to be paid him, as is expressed in this last clause, which angelic spirits have refused, Revelation 19:10; though perhaps no more than civil respect is intended: but rather this was a diabolical spectre, or apparition, or the devil, that appeared in the form and shape of Samuel, and mimicked him; and was one of those deceiving spirits Porphyry speaks f of, that appear in various shapes and forms, and pretend to be gods or demons, or the souls of the deceased. Some g think all this was the cunning and imposture of the woman alone, or that she was assisted with a confederate, who acted the part of Samuel; but this is not probable.

e Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 6. c. 14. sect. 2.) f De Abstinentia, l. 2. apud Grotium in loc. g See Webster's Displaying of supposed Witchcraft, &c. ch. 8. p. 166, &c.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 28:14. An old man cometh up, and he is covered with a mantle. — This seems to have been a second apparition; she cannot mean that she had seen gods ascending out of the earth, and these gods were like an old man with a mantle. The angelic appearance first mentioned prepared the way for Samuel; and the whole was done so as to show to the woman that her art had not prevailed in the present instance, and that what was now taking place was wholly independent of her incantations.

Saul perceived that it was Samuel — The description was suitable to his person and clothing.