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Bible study · 1 Samuel 28:1-25

1 Samuel 28: The LORD didn't answer

Read 1 Samuel 28:1-25 before you meet.

In a few lines

Saul had sent those with familiar spirits out of the land himself (28:3), and when the LORD didn't answer him (28:6) he went to one by night. What he heard about the kingdom was nothing new: "The LORD has done to you as he spoke by me" (28:17). The kingdom was torn from him and given to his neighbor, as in 15:28, and now the neighbor is named: David.

The verse to carry

“When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.”

1 Samuel 28:6

To talk about

  1. 1. The LORD didn't answer Saul (28:6), and Saul went looking for another voice (28:7). When God seems silent, where are you tempted to look for answers?

  2. 2. What Saul heard about the kingdom was what the LORD had already said to him (28:17; 15:28). Is there something God has already made plain to you that you keep hoping to hear differently?

  3. 3. The woman at Endor saw a terrified king who had eaten nothing all day and set a meal before him (28:20-25). Who has cared for you like that at a low moment, and who might need it from you this week?

Prayer requests