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1 Samuel 28

1 Samuel 28:24

Saul and the Medium of Endor · 1 Samuel 28:7–25
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Translations

Modern
The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
Traditional
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:
Literal
And to the woman was a calf of the stall in the house, and she hurried and slaughtered it, and she took flour and kneaded it and baked it as unleavened bread.
Latin
Mulier autem illa habebat vitulum pascualem in domo, et festinavit, et occidit eum: tollensque farinam, miscuit eam, et coxit azyma,

Original

Hebrew
English
The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.

Notes

1 Samuel 28:24

fattened calf … flour … and baked unleavened bread: Preparing this meal required much time and effort. It showed generous hospitality (compare Genesis 18:5–7). The meal that the medium shared with Saul recalls the fine meal that Samuel once shared with Saul (1 Samuel 9:22–24). That earlier meal, shared with God’s prophet, marked the beginning of Saul’s kingship. This later meal, shared with a condemned medium, came shortly before Saul’s death.

Theme notes and profiles

Samuel Saul Calling up the Dead

Events

Glossary

Cattle Place of the Dead Samuel (Person) Samuel, Books of First and Second Shunem

Topics

Beds used for Reclining on at Meals Bread: How Prepared: Kneaded Bread: Kinds of Unleavened (Made Without Yeast) En-Dor: The Witch of, Consulted by Saul Familiar Spirits: Those Who Consulted: Saul Saul: King of Israel: His Kingdom Invaded by Philistines Sorcery: Saul Consulted the Witch of Endor The Calf: Fattened in Stalls The Calf: when Fattened Considered a Delicacy Witchcraft: The Witch of Endor