1Samuel:28

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* And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered themselves together with their armies to go out to fight with Israel ; and Anchus said to David , (note :)Gr . thou shalt know surely (:note ) Know surely , that thou shalt go forth to battle with me , thou , and thy men . * And David said to Anchus , Thus now thou shalt know what thy servant will do . And Anchus said to David , So will I make thee captain of my body-guard continually . * And Samuel died , and all Israel lamented for him , and they bury him in his city , in Armathaim . And Saul had removed those who had in them divining spirits , and the wizards , out of the land . * And the Philistines assemble themselves , and come and encamp in Sonam : and Saul gathers all the men of Israel , and they encamp in Gelbue . * And Saul saw the camp of the Philistines , and he was alarmed , and his heart was greatly dismayed . * And Saul enquired of the Lord ; and the Lord answered him not by dreams , nor by manifestations , nor by prophets . * Then Saul said to his servants , Seek for me a woman who has in her a divining spirit , and I will go to her , and enquire of her : and his servants said to him , Behold , there is a woman who has in her a divining spirit at Aendor . * And Saul disguised himself , and put on other raiment , and he goes , and two men with him , and they come to the woman by night ; and he said to her , Divine to me , I pray thee , by the divining spirit within thee , and bring up to me him whom I shall name to thee . * And the woman said to him , Behold now , thou knowest what Saul has done , how he has cut off (note :)Or , ventriloquists (:note ) those who had in them divining spirits , and the wizards from the land , and why dost thou spread a snare for my life to destroy it ? * And Saul swore to her , and said , As the Lord lives , (note :)Gr . if injury (:note ) no injury shall come upon thee on this account . * And the woman said , Whom shall I bring up to thee ? and he said , Bring up to me Samuel . * And the woman saw Samuel , and cried out with a loud voice : and the woman said to Saul , Why hast thou deceived me ? for thou art Saul . * And the king said to her , Fear not ; tell me whom thou has seen . And the woman said to him , I saw gods ascending out of the earth . * And he said to her , What didst thou perceive ? and she said to him , An upright man ascending out of the earth , and he was clothed with a mantle . And Saul knew that this was Samuel , and he stooped with his face to the earth , and did obeisance to him . * And Samuel said , Why hast thou troubled me , that I should come up ? And Saul said , I am greatly distressed , and the Philistines war against me , and God has departed from me , and no longer (note :)Gr . has hearkened (:note ) hearkens to me either by the hand of the prophets or by dreams : and now I have called thee to tell me what I shall do . * And Samuel said , Why askest thou me , whereas the Lord has departed from thee , and taken part with thy neighbour ? * And the Lord has done to thee , as the Lord spoke by (note :)Gr . my hand (:note ) me ; and the Lord will rend thy kingdom out of thy hand , and will give it to thy neighbour David . * because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord , and didst not execute his fierce anger upon Amalec , therefore the Lord has done this thing to thee this day . * And the Lord shall deliver Israel with thee into the hands of the Philistines , and to-morrow thou and thy sons with thee shall fall , and the Lord shall deliver the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines . * And Saul (note :)Gr . hasted and fell standing or at his full length ; as the Hebrew (:note ) instantly fell at his full length upon the earth , and was greatly afraid because of the words of Samuel ; and there was no longer any strength in him , for he Gr . ate had eaten no bread all that day , and all that night . * And the woman went in to Saul , and saw that he was greatly (note :)Lit . hasted ; q . d . trepidavit (:note ) disquieted , and said to him , Behold now , thine handmaid has hearkened to thy voice , and I have put my life in my hand , and have i . e ., obeyed heard the words which thou has spoken to me . * And now hearken , I pray thee , to the voice of thine handmaid , and I will set before thee a morsel of bread , and eat , and thou shalt be strengthened , for thou wilt be going on thy way . * But he would not eat ; so his servants and the woman constrained him , and he hearkened to their voice , and rose up from the earth , and sat upon a bench . * And the woman had a fat heifer in the house ; and she hasted and slew it ; and she took meal and kneaded it , and baked unleavened cakes . * And she brought the meat before Saul , and before his servants ; and they ate , and rose up , and departed that night .

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