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The First
Book of Samuel 28
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines
gathered together their armies to be prepared for war
against Israel: and Achis said to David: Know thou now
assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to the war,
thou, and thy men.
And David said to Achis: Now thou shalt know what thy
servant will do. And Achis said to David: And I will
appoint thee to guard my life for ever.
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel mourned for him,
and buried him in Ramatha his city. And Saul had put
away all the magicians and soothsayers out of the land.
And the Philistines were gathered together, and came
and camped in Sunam: and Saul also gathered together
all Israel, and came to Gelboe.
And Saul saw the army of the Plilistines, and was afraid,
and his heart was very much dismayed.
And he consulted the Lord, and he answered him not,
neither by dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.
And Saul said to his servants: Seek me a woman that
hath a divining spirit, and I will go to her, and inquire
by her. And his servants said to him: There is a woman
that hath a divining spirit at Endor.
Then he disguised himself: and put on other clothes,
and he went, and two men with him, and they came to
the woman by night, and he said to her: Divine to me
by thy divining spirit, and bring me up him whom I shall
tell thee.
And the woman said to him: Behold thou knowest all that
Saul hath done, and how he hath rooted out the magicians
and soothsayers from the land: why then dost thou lay
a snare for my life, to cause me to be put to death?
And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the
Lord liveth there shall no evil happen to thee for this
thing.
And the woman said to him: Whom shall I bring up to
thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a
loud voice, and said to Saul: Why hast thou deceived
me? for thou art Saul.
And the king said to her: Fear not: what hast thou seen?
And the woman said to Saul: I saw gods ascending out
of the earth.
And he said to her: What form is he of? And she said:
An old man cometh up, and he is covered with a mantle.
And Saul understood that it was Samuel, and he bowed
himself with his face to the ground, and adored.
And Samuel said to Saul: Why hast thou disturbed my
rest, that I should be brought up? And Saul said, I
am in great distress: for the Philistines fight against
me, and God is departed from me, and would not hear
me, neither by the hand of prophets, nor by dreams:
therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest shew
me what I shall do.
And Samuel said: Why askest thou me, seeing the Lord
has departed from thee, and is gone over to thy rival:
For the Lord will do to thee as he spoke by me, and
he will rend thy kingdom out of thy hand, and will give
it to thy neighbour David:
Because thou didst not obey the voice of the Lord, neither
didst thou execute the wrath of his indignation upon
Amalec. Therefore hath the Lord done to thee what thou
sufferest this day.
And the Lord also will deliver Israel with thee into
the hands of the Philistines: and to morrow thou and
thy sons shall be with me: and the Lord will also deliver
the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.
And forthwith Saul fell all along on the ground, for
he was frightened with the words of Samuel, and there
was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all
that day.
And the woman came to Saul (for he was very much troubled)
and said to him: Behold thy handmaid hath obeyed thy
voice, and I have put my life in my hand: and I hearkened
unto the words which thou spokest to me.
Now therefore hear thou also the voice of thy handmaid,
and let me set before thee a morsel of bread, that thou
mayest eat and recover strength, and be able to go on
thy journey.
But he refused, and said: I will not eat. But his servants
and the woman forced him, and at length hearkening to
their voice, he arose from the ground and sat upon the
bed.
Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she
made haste and killed it: and taking meal kneaded it,
and baked some unleavened bread,
And set it before Saul, and before his servants. And
when they had eaten they rose up, and walked all that
night.
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