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Chasidut su I Samuele 19:20

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח שָׁא֣וּל מַלְאָכִים֮ לָקַ֣חַת אֶת־דָּוִד֒ וַיַּ֗רְא אֶֽת־לַהֲקַ֤ת הַנְּבִיאִים֙ נִבְּאִ֔ים וּשְׁמוּאֵ֕ל עֹמֵ֥ד נִצָּ֖ב עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וַתְּהִ֞י עַֽל־מַלְאֲכֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ גַּם־הֵֽמָּה׃

E Saul mandò messaggeri a prendere David; e quando videro profetizzare la compagnia dei profeti e Samuele stava in piedi sopra di loro, lo spirito di Dio si imbatté nei messaggeri di Saul e profetizzarono anche loro.

Mevo HaShearim

We see something similar regarding the other prophets. Whether or not they had prophecies, portends, or chastisement to give over to Israel at a given time, the prophet and his disciples gathered together nonetheless to serve God with a supernal, prophetic avodah. The prophet revealed the light which appeared on him, and they in turn were illuminated by his light and also spread additional light upon him. As the verse states [I Samuel 19:20], “They saw a band of prophets speaking in prophecy, with Samuel sanding by as their leader;” and the Targum [Jonathan] translates, “...a band of prophets were praising [meshabkhin].” This indicates that the prophet gave onto them all of his light from Above, and even the servants of Saul prophesied when they came under his holy shade. Yet, how could this be possible, that the prophet would give over the majority of his light to people who spend their whole year in vineyards and olive-groves, only coming to him occasionally? Can one build a prophet from this, with all his loftiness and influence, to people preoccupied with this world and its needs, even be they servants of God?! If this is what the prophet and his disciples needed, they would be established by him continuously, praising and serving His name with him. Some of them merited thereafter to become one of the forty-eight prophets, and the others were at the least prophets for their own generations, as we said above. They prepared their generation, purifying and elevating it to be able to receive actual effluence of holiness, souls, sefirot, and the spirit of God which He sent him.
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