1 Samuel 28:7Then Saul said to his servants, "Seek me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her." His servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor."
The setting
King Saul's camp near Mount Gilboa, Israel, ~1010 BC. The desperate king asks his own servants to help him commit a capital offense under Jewish law.
The emotion here: documenting the moral collapse of a once-godly leader
The original word
ba'alat-ov (בַּעֲלַת־אוֹב) — literally 'mistress of a ghost,' a woman who channels spirits
Why it matters
Saul had previously expelled all mediums and spiritists from Israel, obeying God's law
Read with care
What most readers miss in 1 Samuel 28:7
Saul is asking his servants to find exactly what he had previously banned from his kingdom
Common misconceptionSome think this shows Saul was always evil. Actually, this shows how desperation can make good people compromise everything they once stood for.
The thread continues
Verses that echo 1 Samuel 28:7
Bible Genome reading
1 Samuel 28:7 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
1 Samuel 28:7 comes from the book of 1 Samuel, written during the United Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Saul. The dominant emotion in this verse is seeking, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the dialogue genre of biblical literature. Key themes include desperation, occult. Notable phrases: woman who has a familiar spirit. This verse contains a command.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same seeking
“Pray without ceasing.”
— 1 Thessalonians 5:17
“But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
— Amos 5:24
“Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that …”
— Genesis 18:25
“Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.”
— Jeremiah 33:3
“Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evi…”
— Luke 11:4
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