14 He said to her, “[a]How does he appear?” And she said, “An old man is coming up, and (A)he is wrapped in a robe.” Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and (B)he bowed with his face to the ground and paid [b]homage.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 28:14 Lit What is his form
  2. 1 Samuel 28:14 I.e., great respect and honor to a superior

14 “What does he look like?” he asked.

“An old man wearing a robe(A) is coming up,” she said.

Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.

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And Elijah (A)took his coat, folded it, and (B)struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

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Elijah took his cloak,(A) rolled it up and struck(B) the water with it. The water divided(C) to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry(D) ground.

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13 He also took up the coat of Elijah that had fallen from him, and he went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. 14 Then he took the coat of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters, and said, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” And when he also had (A)struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha crossed over.

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13 Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14 He took the cloak(A) that had fallen from Elijah and struck(B) the water with it. “Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.

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