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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Samuel 28 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_samuel/28.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_samuel/28-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > 1 Samuel 28</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_samuel/27.htm" title="1 Samuel 27">◄</a> 1 Samuel 28 <a href="../1_samuel/29.htm" title="1 Samuel 29">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/1_samuel/28.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">The Witch of Endor</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In those days the Philistines gathered their troops for war in order to fight Israel. Achish said to David, “You should fully understand that you and your men must go with me into the battle.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>David replied to Achish, “That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!” Achish said to David, “Then I will make you my bodyguard from now on.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented over him and had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. In the meantime Saul had removed the mediums and magicians from the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The Philistines assembled; they came and camped at Shunem. Saul mustered all Israel and camped at Gilboa. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was absolutely terrified. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So Saul inquired of the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, but the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> did not answer him – not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him, “There is a woman who is a medium in Endor.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing and left, accompanied by two of his men. They came to the woman at night and said, “Use your ritual pit to conjure up for me the one I tell you.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But the woman said to him, “Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed the mediums and magicians from the land! Why are you trapping me so you can put me to death?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But Saul swore an oath to her by the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, “As surely as the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The woman replied, “Who is it that I should bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up for me Samuel.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out loudly. The woman said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid! What have you seen?” The woman replied to Saul, “I have seen one like a god coming up from the ground!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He said to her, “What about his appearance?” She said, “An old man is coming up! He is wrapped in a robe!”</p><p class="bodytext">Then Saul realized it was Samuel, and he bowed his face toward the ground and kneeled down. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied, “I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me – not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Samuel said, “Why are you asking me, now that the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> has turned away from you and has become your enemy? <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> has done exactly as I prophesied! The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David! <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Since you did not obey the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> and did not carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites, the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> has done this thing to you today. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> will also hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines!”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Saul quickly fell full length on the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel’s words. He was completely drained of energy, not having eaten anything all that day and night. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When the woman came to Saul and saw how terrified he was, she said to him, “Your servant has done what you asked. I took my life into my own hands and did what you told me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now it’s your turn to listen to your servant! Let me set before you a bit of bread so that you can eat. When you regain your strength, you can go on your way.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Now the woman had a well-fed calf at her home that she quickly slaughtered. Taking some flour, she kneaded bread and baked it without leaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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