1. 1 Samuel 28:15 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does Samuel talk about being disturbed?

1 Samuel 28:15 (ESV)

15 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul answered, “I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.”

The grave was meant to be a place of rest for the righteous, where they enter into peace (Isaiah 57:2). Returning to the earth means that Samuel has been removed from this place of rest.1