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1 SAMUEL 28:8-24 Saul visits witch of En-dor, is disturbed 404
8 So Saul disguised a himself
and clothed himself with other
garments and went, he and two
men with him; and they came
to the woman by night. b He
now said: “Employ divination, c
please, for me by spirit mediumship
and bring up for me
the one whom I shall designate
to you.” 9 However, the woman
said to him: “Here you yourself
well know what Saul did,
how he cut off the spirit mediums
and the professional foretellers
of events from the land. d
Why, then, are you acting like a
trapper against my soul to have
me put to death?” e 10 Immediately
Saul swore to her by Jehovah,
saying: “As Jehovah is alive, f
guilt for error will not befall you
in this matter!” 11 At this the
woman said: “Whom shall I bring
up for you?” To this he said:
“Bring up Samuel for me.” g
12 When the woman saw “Samuel”
h she began crying out at the
top of her voice; and the woman
went on to say to Saul: “Why
did you trick me, when you yourself
are Saul?” 13 But the king
said to her: “Do not be afraid,
but what did you see?” And the
woman went on to say to Saul: “A
god i I saw coming up out of the
earth.” 14 At once he said to
her: “What is his form?” to which
she said: “It is an old man coming
up, and he has himself covered
with a sleeveless coat.” j At
that Saul recognized that it was
“Samuel,” k and he proceeded to
bow low with his faceto the earth
and to prostrate himself.
15 And “Samuel” began to say
to Saul: “Why have you disturbed
me by having me brought up?” l
To this Saul said: “I am in very
sore straits, m as the Phi·listines
are fighting against me, and God
CHAP. 28
a 1Ki 14:2
1Ki 22:30
b 1Sa 28:25
c De 18:10
1Ch 10:13
Isa 8:19
d 1Sa 28:3
e Ex 22:18
Le 20:27
f 1Sa 14:39
Isa 48:1
Jer 44:26
g Ro 1:28
h 1Sa 28:3
Ps 146:4
Ec 9:5
2Co 4:4
2Co 11:14
i Ps 82:6
Joh 10:34
j 1Sa 15:27
k 2Th 2:10
2Th 2:11
l 2Sa 12:23
Ps 115:17
Ps 146:4
Ec 9:5
Ec 9:10
m Pr 14:14
Jer 2:17
Ga 6:7
n 1Sa 15:23
o 1Sa 28:6
Second Col.
a Le 19:31
b 1Sa 15:23
1Sa 16:14
2Ki 6:27
c De 28:15
d 1Sa 13:14
1Sa 15:28
e 1Sa 16:13
1Sa 24:20
f 1Sa 13:11
1Ch 10:13
g 1Sa 15:9
Jer 48:10
h 1Sa 12:25
1Sa 28:1
1Sa 31:1
i 1Sa 31:5
j 1Sa 31:2
2Sa 2:8
k 1Sa 31:7
l Le 20:27
Jg 12:3
1Sa 19:5
Job 13:14
m Ge 18:7
Lu 15:23
himself has departed n from me
and has answered me no more,
either by means of the prophets
or by dreams; o so that I am calling
you to let me know what I
shall do.” a
16 And “Samuel” went on to
say: “Why, then, do you inquire
of me, when Jehovah himself has
departed from you b and proves
to be your adversary? c 17 And
Jehovah will do for himself just
as he spoke by means of me,
and Jehovah will rip the kingdom
away from your hand d and
give it to your fellowman David. e
18 As you did not obey the voice
of Jehovah, f andyoudidnotexecute
his burning anger against
Ama·lek, g that is why this is the
thing that Jehovah will certainly
do to you this day. 19 And Jehovah
will also give Israel with
you into the hand of the Philistines,
h and tomorrow you i and
your sons j will be with me. Even
the camp of Israel Jehovah will
give into the hand of the Phi·listines.”
k
20 At that Saul quickly fell
down his full length to the earth
and became very much afraid because
of “Samuel’s” words. Also,
therehappenedtobenopower
inhim,becausehehadnoteaten
food the whole day and the
whole night. 21 The woman
now came to Saul and saw that
he had been greatly disturbed.
So she said to him: “Here your
maidservant has obeyed your
voice, and I proceeded to put my
soul in my palm l and obey the
words that you spoke to me.
22 And now, please, you, in turn,
obey the voice of your maidservant;
and let me set before
you a piece of bread, and
you eat, that power may come
to be in you, because you will
go on your way.” 23 But he refused
and said: “I am not going to
eat.” However, his servants and
also the woman kept urging him.
Finally he obeyed their voice and
rose up from the earth and sat on
the couch. 24 Now the woman
had a fattened calf m in the