14And 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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And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; …
David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-14)Here, I. Saul seeks for a witch, 1 Sam. 28:7. When God answered him not , if he had humbled himself by repentance and persevered in seeking God, who knows but that at length he might have been entreated for him? but, since he can discern no comfort either from heaven or earth ( Isa. 8:21 , 22 ), he resolves to knock at the gates of hell, and to see if any there will befriend him and give him advic…
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