5	tn Heb “in Ramah, even in his city.”
6	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 ’ÔB̲,” 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).
7	sn See Isa 8:19 for another reference to magicians who attempted to conjure up underworld spirits.

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