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Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him, either through dreams or Urim[a] or through prophets. Saul told his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium so I can go to her and make my inquiry through her.”

His servants told him, “Look, there’s a woman at Endor who is a medium.”

Saul disguised himself, putting on different clothes. He went along with two men to the woman at night. He said, “Consult a familiar spirit for me and bring up for me the one whom I tell you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 28:6 I.e. a device used by the priest to determine God’s will

He inquired(A) of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him by dreams(B) or Urim(C) or prophets.(D) Saul then said to his attendants, “Find me a woman who is a medium,(E) so I may go and inquire of her.”

“There is one in Endor,(F)” they said.

So Saul disguised(G) himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. “Consult(H) a spirit for me,” he said, “and bring up for me the one I name.”

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