221 Saul’s Demise evasive, for it passes over the recourse to a necromancer . Saul’s next words, “to let me know what I should do” echo Samuel’s directive in their first meeting, “And I will let you know what you shall do” which Saul violated at the battle of Michmas, forfeiting the , ) 10 : 8 ( throne as a result ( 13 : 8 – 14 ) . Ironically, after all his failures to inquire God properly in the past, Saul is now forced, at the end of his life, to go back to Samuel pleading for the word of the Lord . It seems that this link with past events reflects the view of the second author who preferred the kingdom of God ruled by prophets delivering His words . Now it is Samuel’s turn to respond to Saul’s pleading . The prophet responds with another rebuke : Saul should not have asked of God one way or another . Instead, he should have grasped the significance of the negative answer from God’s silence . Samuel retorts in an ironic echo of Saul’s prior complaint, “And God turned away from me” ; ...
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