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Barnes' Notes on 1 Samuel 28:8

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Divine - Compare to 1 Samuel 6:2, note; Numbers 23:23, note. Bring me him up - The art of the ventriloquist seems to have been always connected with necromancy. The Greeks had necromancers who called up departed spirits to give answers to those who consulted them. return to 'Top of Page'
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