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And Achish said to David, Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the camp, you and your men. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span>David said to Achish, Very well, you shall know what your servant can do. So Achish said to David, Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed from the land those who were mediums and spiritists. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>So the Philistines gathered together and came and camped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together and they camped in Gilboa. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>When Saul inquired of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, the L<font size="1">ORD</font> did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>Then Saul said to his servants, Seek for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at En-dor. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Saul disguised himself by putting on other clothes, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, Conjure up for me, please, and bring up for me whom I shall name to you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>But the woman said to him, Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who are mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you then laying a snare for my life to bring about my death? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Saul vowed to her by the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, saying, As the L<font size="1">ORD</font> lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Then the woman said, Whom shall I bring up for you? And he said, Bring up Samuel for me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>The king said to her, Do not be afraid; but what do you see? And the woman said to Saul, I see a divine being coming up out of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>He said to her, What is his form? And she said, An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe. And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Then Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up? And Saul answered, I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Samuel said, Why then do you ask me, since the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has departed from you and has become your adversary? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>The L<font size="1">ORD</font> has done accordingly as He spoke through me; for the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>As you did not obey the L<font size="1">ORD</font> and did not execute His fierce wrath on Amalek, so the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has done this thing to you this day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>Moreover the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will also give over Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, therefore tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Indeed the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will give over the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines! <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Saul immediately fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day and all night. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>The woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified, and said to him, Behold, your maidservant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>So now also, please listen to the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you that <i>you may</i> eat and have strength when you go on <i>your</i> way. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>But he refused and said, I will not eat. However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them. So he arose from the ground and sat on the bed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered it; and she took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>She brought <i>it</i> before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and went away that night. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_samuel/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me in the host, thou and thy men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_samuel/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered together their armies to be prepared for war against Israel: and Achis said to David: Know thou now assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to the war, thou, and thy men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/1_samuel/28.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered together their armies for warfare to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Know thou assuredly that thou shalt go out with me to the camp, thou and thy men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_samuel/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me in the host, thou and thy men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_samuel/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines collected their armies for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_samuel/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />It happened in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you shall go out with me in the army, you and your men."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_samuel/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass in those days, that the Philistines gather their camps for the war, to fight against Israel, and Achish saith unto David, 'Thou dost certainly know that with me thou dost go out into the camp, thou and thy men.'<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on_care_to_be_had_for_the_dead_/18_so_then_we_must.htm">So Then we must Confess that the Dead Indeed do not Know what Is...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">18. So then we must confess that the dead indeed do not know what is doing here, but while it is in doing here: afterwards, however, they hear it from those who from hence go to them at their death; not indeed every thing, but what things those are allowed to make known who are suffered also to remember these things; and which it is meet for those to hear, whom they inform of the same. It may be also, that from the Angels, who are present in the things which are doing here, the dead do hear somewhat, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/on_care_to_be_had_for_the_dead_/18_so_then_we_must.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">St. Augustine—</span><span class="citation2">On Care to Be Had for the Dead. </span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_divine_cordial/an_exhortation_to_love_god.htm">An Exhortation to Love God</a><br></span><span class="snippet">1. An exhortation. Let me earnestly persuade all who bear the name of Christians to become lovers of God. "O love the Lord, all ye his saints" (Psalm xxxi. 23). There are but few that love God: many give Him hypocritical kisses, but few love Him. It is not so easy to love God as most imagine. The affection of love is natural, but the grace is not. Men are by nature haters of God (Rom. i. 30). The wicked would flee from God; they would neither be under His rules, nor within His reach. They fear God, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_divine_cordial/an_exhortation_to_love_god.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Divine Cordial</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/2_there_is_a_blessedness.htm">There is a Blessedness in Reversion</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Blessed are the poor in spirit. Matthew 5:3 Having done with the occasion, I come now to the sermon itself. Blessed are the poor in spirit'. Christ does not begin his Sermon on the Mount as the Law was delivered on the mount, with commands and threatenings, the trumpet sounding, the fire flaming, the earth quaking, and the hearts of the Israelites too for fear; but our Saviour (whose lips dropped as the honeycomb') begins with promises and blessings. So sweet and ravishing was the doctrine of this <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/the_beatitudes_an_exposition_of_matthew_51-12/2_there_is_a_blessedness.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/1_the_covenant_of_grace.htm">The Covenant of Grace</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Q-20: DID GOD LEAVE ALL MANKIND TO PERISH 1N THE ESTATE OF SIN AND MISERY? A: No! He entered into a covenant of grace to deliver the elect out of that state, and to bring them into a state of grace by a Redeemer. 'I will make an everlasting covenant with you.' Isa 55:5. Man being by his fall plunged into a labyrinth of misery, and having no way left to recover himself, God was pleased to enter into a new covenant with him, and to restore him to life by a Redeemer. The great proposition I shall go <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a_body_of_divinity/1_the_covenant_of_grace.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Thomas Watson—</span><span class="citation2">A Body of Divinity</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/samuel.htm">Samuel</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/samuel.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_samuel/28-1.htm">1 Samuel 28:1 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/28-1.htm">1 Samuel 28:1 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_samuel/28-1.htm">1 Samuel 28:1 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/28-1.htm">1 Samuel 28:1 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/28-1.htm">1 Samuel 28:1 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_samuel/28-1.htm">1 Samuel 28:1 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm">1 Samuel 28:1 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/27-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 27:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 27:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/28-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 28:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 28:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/1_samuel/28-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>