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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 Geneva 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" /></head><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="../">Geneva 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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Geneva Bible of 1587</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/1_samuel/28-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Philistines Gather against Israel<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Nowe at that time the Philistims assembled their bandes and armie to fight with Israel: therfore Achish said to Dauid, Be sure, thou shalt go out with me to the battel, thou, and thy men. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Dauid said to Achish, Surely thou shalt knowe, what thy seruant can doe; Achish sayde to Dauid, Surely I will make thee keeper of mine head for euer.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>( Samuel was then dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah his owne citie: and Saul had put away the sorcerers, and the soothsayers out of the land) <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the Philistims assembled themselues, and came, and pitched in Shunem: and Saul assembled all Israel, and they pitched in Gilboa. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And when Saul saw the hoste of the Philistims, he was afraid, & his heart was sore astonied. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore Saul asked counsel of the Lord, and the Lorde answered him not, neither by dreames, nor by Vrim, nor yet by Prophets.<p> <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Saul and the Medium of Endor<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then saide Saul vnto his seruants, Seeke me a woman that hath a familiar spirite, that I may goe to her, and aske of her; his seruants said to him, Beholde, there is a woman at En-dor that hath a familiar spirit.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Saul changed him selfe, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he saide, I pray thee, coniecture vnto me by the familiar spirite, and bring me him vp whome I shall name vnto thee. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the woman saide vnto him, Beholde, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath destroyed the sorcerers, and the southsayers out of the land: wherefore then seekest thou to take me in a snare to cause me to die? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Saul sware to her by the Lorde, saying, As the Lord liueth, no harme shall come to thee for this thing. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then said the woman, Whom shal I bring vp vnto thee? And he answered, Bring me vp Samuel. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And when the woman sawe Samuel, she cryed with a loude voyce, and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceiued me? for thou art Saul. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the King said vnto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said vnto Saul, I saw gods ascending vp out of the earth. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then he said vnto her, What facion is hee of? And she answered, An olde man commeth vp lapped in a mantel: and Saul knewe that it was Samuel, and he enclined his face to the grounde, and bowed him selfe.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp? Then Saul answered, I am in great distresse: for the Philistims make warre against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by Prophetes, neither by dreames: therefore I haue called thee, that thou mayest tell me, what I shall doe. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then said Samuel, Wherefore then doest thou aske of me, seeing the Lord is gone from thee, and is thine enemie? <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Euen the Lord hath done to him, as hee spake by mine hande: for the Lord will rent the kingdome out of thine hande, and giue it thy neighbour Dauid. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lorde, nor executedst his fierce wrath vpon the Amalekites, therefore hath the Lorde done this vnto thee this day. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Moreouer the Lord wil deliuer Israel with thee into the handes of the Philistims: and to morowe shalt thou and thy sonnes be with me, and the Lorde shall giue the hoste of Israel into the handes of the Philistims.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Saul fell streight way all along on the earth, and was sore afraide because of the wordes of Samuel, so that there was no strength in him: for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then the woman came vnto Saul, & sawe that he was sore troubled, and said vnto him, See, thine handmaide hath obeyed thy voyce, and I haue put my soule in mine hande, and haue obeyed thy wordes which thou saydest vnto me. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Now therefore, I pray thee, hearke thou also vnto ye voyce of thine handmaid, & let me set a morsell of bread before thee, that thou mayest eat and get thee strength, and go on thy iourney. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But he refused, and said, I will not eate: but his seruants and the woman together compelled him, and he obeyed their voyce: so he arose from the earth, and sate on the bed. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Nowe the woman had a fat calfe in the house, and she hasted, and killed it, and tooke floure and kneaded it, and baked of it vnleauened bread. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_samuel/28-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then she brought them before Saul, and before his seruants: and when they had eaten, they stoode, and went away the same night.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Geneva Bible of 1587<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 29" /></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><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>