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1 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gath­ered their armies to­geth­er for war­fare, to fight with Is­rael. And Achish said unto David, Know thou as­sured­ly, that thou shalt go out with me to 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, There­fore will I make thee keep­er of mine head for ev­er. 3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Is­rael had lament­ed him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had fa­mil­iar spir­its, and the wiz­ards, out of the land. 4 And the Philistines gath­ered them­selves to­geth­er, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gath­ered all Is­rael to­geth­er, and they pitched in Gilboa. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart great­ly trem­bled. 6 And when Saul en­quired of the LORD, the LORD an­swered him not, nei­ther by dreams, nor by Urim, nor 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 en­quire of her. And his ser­vants said to him, Be­hold, there is a wom­an that hath a fa­mil­iar spir­it at En­dor. 8 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. 9 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? 10 And Saul sware to her by the LORD, say­ing, As the LORD liveth, there shall no pun­ish­ment hap­pen to thee for this thing. 11 Then said the wom­an, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, 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 out of the earth. 14 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. 15 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. 16 Then said Samuel, Where­fore then dost thou ask of me, see­ing the LORD is de­part­ed from thee, and is be­come thine en­e­my? 17 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: 18 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. 19 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. 20 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. 21 And the wom­an came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore trou­bled, and said unto him, Be­hold, thine hand­maid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hear­kened unto thy words which thou spak­est 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; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. 23 But he re­fused, and said, I will not eat. But his ser­vants, to­geth­er with the wom­an, com­pelled him; and he hear­kened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 24 And the wom­an had a fat calf in the house; and she hast­ed, and killed it, and took flour, and knead­ed it, and did bake un­leav­ened bread there­of: 25 And she brought it be­fore Saul, and be­fore his ser­vants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.