Then Saul said to his servants, “Find for me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him, “Behold, (A)there is a woman who is a medium at (B)En-dor.”

Then Saul (C)disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, “(D)Consult the spirit for me, please, and (E)bring up for me the one whom I shall [a]name for you.” But the woman said to him, “Behold, you know (F)what Saul has done, that he has eliminated the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you then setting a trap for my life, to bring about my death?”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 28:8 Lit say

Saul then said to his attendants, “Find me a woman who is a medium,(A) so I may go and inquire of her.”

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

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

But the woman said to him, “Surely you know what Saul has done. He has cut off(E) the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why have you set a trap(F) for my life to bring about my death?”

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