1 Samuel 28:3
3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented over him and had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. ▼▼tn Heb “in Ramah, even in his city.”
In the meantime Saul had removed the mediums ▼▼tn The Hebrew term translated “mediums” actually refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits (see 2 Kgs 21:6). In v. 7 the witch of Endor is called the owner of a ritual pit. See H. Hoffner, “Second Millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew ʾÔḆ,” JBL 86 (1967): 385-401. Here the term refers by metonymy to the owner of such a pit (see H. A. Hoffner, TDOT 1:133).
and magicians ▼ from the land.
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