09:028:008 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.
09:028:009 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?
09:028:010 And Saul sware to her by the lord,
saying, As the lord liveth,
there
shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
09:028:011 Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring
up unto thee? And he
said,
Bring me up Samuel.
09:028:012 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.
09:028:013 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.
09:028:014 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.
09:028:015 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.
09:028:016 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou
ask of me, seeing
the
lord is departed from thee, and is become thine
enemy?
09:028:017 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:
09:028:018 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.
09:028:019 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.
09:028:020 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.


