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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1In those days the Philistines gathered their forces to fight against Israel. Achish said to David, "You must understand that you and your men will accompany me in the army." |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2David said, "Then you will see for yourself what your servant can do." Achish replied, "Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life." |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The Philistines assembled and came and set up camp at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and set up camp at Gilboa. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filled his heart. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Saul then said to his attendants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her." "There is one in Endor," they said. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. "Consult a spirit for me," he said, "and bring up for me the one I name." |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9But the woman said to him, "Surely you know what Saul has done. He has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why have you set a trap for my life to bring about my death?" |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Saul swore to her by the LORD, "As surely as the LORD lives, you will not be punished for this." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Then the woman asked, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" "Bring up Samuel," he said. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!" |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The king said to her, "Don't be afraid. What do you see?" The woman said, "I see a ghostly figure coming up out of the earth." |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"What does he look like?" he asked. "An old man wearing a robe is coming up," she said. Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" "I am in great distress," Saul said. "The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has departed from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do." |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Samuel said, "Why do you consult me, now that the LORD has departed from you and become your enemy? |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The LORD has done what he predicted through me. The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hands and given it to one of your neighbors--to David. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Because you did not obey the LORD or carry out his fierce wrath against the Amalekites, the LORD has done this to you today. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The LORD will deliver both Israel and you into the hands of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The LORD will also give the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines." |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Immediately Saul fell full length on the ground, filled with fear because of Samuel's words. His strength was gone, for he had eaten nothing all that day and all that night. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21When the woman came to Saul and saw that he was greatly shaken, she said, "Look, your servant has obeyed you. I took my life in my hands and did what you told me to do. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Now please listen to your servant and let me give you some food so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way." |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23He refused and said, "I will not eat." But his men joined the woman in urging him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the couch. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24The woman had a fattened calf at the house, which she butchered at once. She took some flour, kneaded it and baked bread without yeast. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Then she set it before Saul and his men, and they ate. That same night they got up and left. |
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