It  was  usual  for  leaders  on  these  occasions  to  work  them-
selves up  into  extatik  states,  to  lacerate  themselves,  tear  out,
their  hair,  &c.  §aul  tore  off  his  clothes,  flung  himself  naked  on  :  *
the  ground,  and  so  lay  for  a  day  and  night ;  Isaiah  went  naked
for  three  years,  and  other  Prophets  were  even  more  shameless.
All  were  "Spiritists"  or  "men  of  the  Al&-im"  for  whom  the
pious  Saul  built  altars ;  and  he  and  his  successors  made  it  a  duty
to  see  that  proper  services,  rites  of  divination,  &c,  were  there
regularly  conducted.     1  Sam.  ix.,  v.  37 ;  Is.  xx. ;  Ezek.  iv.
