enquired = asked. Hebrew. sha'al, to ask. Not darash, "to seek out". See note on 1Sa_28:7, and 1Ch_10:13, 1Ch_10:14.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
answered him not. Not likely therefore to answer now by a way He had forbidden. Samuel had been dead two years.
Urim. See note on Exo_28:30. Num_26:55. It must have been an ephod of his own making, as Abiathar the High Priest was with David. Saul makes no mention of this in 1Sa_28:13.