213 Saul’s Demise In his distress, Saul orders his ser vants to find a necromancer : “Seek me out a woman who divines through ghosts and let me go to her and consult her” ( v . 7 ) . His way of explaining his plans to his retinue does him no credit, for he does not reveal his intention of having Samuel summoned by necromancy, but indicates that he will ask of the necromancer herself . In view of the background point made in the exposition, that Saul had “put away the necromancers and the wizards from the land” ( v . 3 ) , his desire to use the services of a necromancer when he falls into difficulties is particularly culpable and a bad example of leadership . Moreover, in Saul’s request and in its repetition in his servants’ answer, the requested profession is defined a woman who has a special spirit ) , which means ( אשת בעלת אׄב twice as a woman who is able to contact the spirit of the dead . In all other Yet the reader should . ) האשה ( instances, she is called just the woman which a...
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