16Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. …
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-19)We have here the conference between Saul and Satan. Saul came in disguise (1 Sam. 28:8), but Satan soon discovered him, 1 Sam. 28:12. Satan comes in disguise, in the disguise of Samuel’s mantle, and Saul cannot discover him. Such is the disadvantage we labour under, in wrestling with the rulers of the darkness of this world , that they know us, while we are ignorant of their wiles and devices. I.…
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