1Samuel:28-29
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And it came to pass in those days ,
that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare ,
to fight with Israel .
And Achish said unto David ,
Know thou assuredly ,
that thou shalt go out with me to battle ,
thou and thy men .
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And David said to Achish ,
Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do .
And Achish said to David ,
Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever .
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Now Samuel was dead ,
and all Israel had lamented him ,
and buried him in Ramah ,
even in his own city .
And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits ,
and the wizards ,
out of the land .
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And the Philistines gathered themselves together ,
and came and pitched in Shunem :
and Saul gathered all Israel together ,
and they pitched in Gilboa .
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And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines ,
he was afraid ,
and his heart greatly trembled .
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And when Saul enquired of the LORD ,
the LORD answered him not ,
neither by dreams ,
nor by Urim ,
nor by prophets .
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Then said Saul unto his servants ,
Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit ,
that I may go to her ,
and enquire of her .
And his servants said to him ,
Behold ,
there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor .
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And Saul disguised himself ,
and put on other raiment ,
and he went ,
and two men with him ,
and they came to the woman by night :
and he said ,
I pray thee ,
divine unto me by the familiar spirit ,
and bring me him up ,
whom I shall name unto thee .
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And the woman said unto him ,
Behold ,
thou knowest what Saul hath done ,
how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits ,
and the wizards ,
out of the land :
wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life ,
to cause me to die ?
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And Saul sware to her by the LORD ,
saying ,
As the LORD liveth ,
there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing .
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Then said the woman ,
Whom shall I bring up unto thee ?
And he said ,
Bring me up Samuel .
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And when the woman saw Samuel ,
she cried with a loud voice :
and the woman spake to Saul ,
saying ,
Why hast thou deceived me ?
for thou art Saul .
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And the king said unto her ,
Be not afraid :
for what sawest thou ?
And the woman said unto Saul ,
I saw gods ascending out of the earth .
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And he said unto her ,
What form is he of ?
And she said ,
An old man cometh up ;
and he is covered with a mantle .
And Saul perceived that it was Samuel ,
and he stooped with his face to the ground ,
and bowed himself .
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And Samuel said to Saul ,
Why hast thou disquieted me ,
to bring me up ?
And Saul answered ,
I am sore distressed ;
for the Philistines make war against me ,
and God is departed from me ,
and answereth me no more ,
neither by prophets ,
nor by dreams :
therefore I have called thee ,
that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do .
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Then said Samuel ,
Wherefore then dost thou ask of me ,
seeing the LORD is departed from thee ,
and is become thine enemy ?
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And the LORD hath done to him ,
as he spake by me :
for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand ,
and given it to thy neighbour ,
even to David :
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Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD ,
nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek ,
therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day .
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Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines :
and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me :
the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines .
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Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth ,
and was sore afraid ,
because of the words of Samuel :
and there was no strength in him ;
for he had eaten no bread all the day ,
nor all the night .
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And the woman came unto Saul ,
and saw that he was sore troubled ,
and said unto him ,
Behold ,
thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice ,
and I have put my life in my hand ,
and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me .
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Now therefore ,
I pray thee ,
hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid ,
and let me set a morsel of bread before thee ;
and eat ,
that thou mayest have strength ,
when thou goest on thy way .
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But he refused ,
and said ,
I will not eat .
But his servants ,
together with the woman ,
compelled him ;
and he hearkened unto their voice .
So he arose from the earth ,
and sat upon the bed .
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And the woman had a fat calf in the house ;
and she hasted ,
and killed it ,
and took flour ,
and kneaded it ,
and did bake unleavened bread thereof :
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And she brought it before Saul ,
and before his servants ;
and they did eat .
Then they rose up ,
and went away that night .
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Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek :
and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel .
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And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds ,
and by thousands :
but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish .
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Then said the princes of the Philistines ,
What do these Hebrews here ?
And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines ,
Is not this David ,
the servant of Saul the king of Israel ,
which hath been with me these days ,
or these years ,
and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day ?
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And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him ;
and the princes of the Philistines said unto him ,
Make this fellow return ,
that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him ,
and let him not go down with us to battle ,
lest in the battle he be an adversary to us :
for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master ?
should it not be with the heads of these men ?
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Is not this David ,
of whom they sang one to another in dances ,
saying ,
Saul slew his thousands ,
and David his ten thousands ?
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Then Achish called David ,
and said unto him ,
Surely ,
as the LORD liveth ,
thou hast been upright ,
and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight :
for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day :
nevertheless the lords favour thee not .
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Wherefore now return ,
and go in peace ,
that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines .
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And David said unto Achish ,
But what have I done ?
and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day ,
that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king ?
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And Achish answered and said to David ,
I know that thou art good in my sight ,
as an angel of God :
notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said ,
He shall not go up with us to the battle .
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Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master '
s servants that are come with thee :
and as soon as ye be up early in the morning ,
and have light ,
depart .
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So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning ,
to return into the land of the Philistines .
And the Philistines went up to Jezreel .
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And it came to pass ,
when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day ,
that the Amalekites had invaded the south ,
and Ziklag ,
and smitten Ziklag ,
and burned it with fire ;
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