1 Samuel Chapter 28

1 Samuel Chapter 28
1 Now at that time the Philistines
assembled their bands and army to fight
with Israel: therefore Achish said to
David, Be sure, thou shalt go out with
me to the battle, thou, and thy men.
2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou
shalt know, what thy servant can do. And
Achish said to David, Surely I will make
thee keeper of mine head forever.
3 (Samuel was then dead, and all Israel
had lamented him, and buried him in
Ramah his own city: and Saul had put
away the sorcerers, and the soothsayers
out of the land)
4 Then the Philistines assembled
themselves, and came, and pitched in
Shunem: and Saul assembled all Israel,
and they pitched in Gilboa. 5 And when
Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he
was afraid, and his heart was sore
astonied.
6 Therefore Saul asked counsel of the
Lord, and the Lord answered him not,
neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor yet
by prophets.
7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek
me a woman that hath a familiar spirit,
that I may go to her, and ask of her. And
his servants said to him, Behold, there is
a woman at En-dor that hath a familiar
spirit. 8 Then Saul changed 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,
conjecture unto me by the familiar spirit,
and bring me him up whom I shall name
unto thee.
9 And the woman said unto him, Behold,
thou knowest what Saul hath done, how
he hath destroyed the sorcerers, and the
soothsayers out of the land: wherefore
then seekest thou to take me in a snare to
cause me to die?
10 And Saul swear to her by the Lord,
saying, As the Lord liveth, no harm shall
come to thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whom shall I
bring up unto thee? And he answered,
Bring me up Samuel.
12 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. 13
And the king said unto her, Be not
afraid: for what sawest thou? And the
woman said unto Saul, I saw gods
ascending up out of the earth. 14 Then he
said unto her, What fashion is he of?
And she answered, An old man cometh
up lapped in a mantle: and Saul knew
that it was Samuel, and he inclined his
face to the ground, and bowed himself.
15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast
thou disquieted me, to bring me up?
Then Saul answered, I am in great
distress: for the Philistines make war
against me, and God is departed from
me, and answereth me no more, neither
by prophets, neither by dreams:
therefore I have called thee, that thou
mayest tell me, what I shall do.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then
dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is
gone from thee, and is thine enemy?
17 Even the Lord hath done to him, as he
spake by mine hand: for the Lord will
rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and
give it thy neighbor David. 18 Because
thou obeyest not the voice of the Lord,
nor executest his fierce wrath upon the
Amalekites, therefore hath the Lord done
this unto thee this day.
19 Moreover the Lord will deliver
Israel with thee into the hands of the
Philistines: and tomorrow shalt thou and
thy sons be with me, and the Lord shall
give the host of Israel into the hands of
the Philistines. 20 Then Saul fell straight
way all along on the earth, and was sore
afraid because of the words of Samuel,
so that there was no strength in him: for
he had eaten no bread all the day nor all
the night.
21 Then the woman came unto Saul, and
saw that he was sore troubled, and said
unto him, See, thine handmaid hath
obeyed thy voice, and I have put my soul
in mine hand, and have obeyed thy
words which thou saidest unto me. 22
Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou
also unto the voice of thine handmaid,
and let me set a morsel of bread before
thee, that thou mayest eat and get thee
strength, and go on thy journey.
23 But he refused, and said, I will not
eat: but his servants and the woman
together compelled him, and he obeyed
their voice: so he arose from the earth,
and sat on the bed.
24 Now the woman had a fat calf in the
house, and she hasted, and killed it, and
took flour and kneaded it, and baked of it
unleavened bread. 25 Then she brought
them before Saul, and before his
servants: and when they had eaten, they
stood up, and went away the same night.