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Then Saul said to his servants, Get me a woman who has control of a spirit so that I may go to her and get directions. And his servants said to him, There is such a woman at En-dor.
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So Saul, putting on other clothing, so that he might not be seen to be the king, took two men with him and went to the woman by night; and he said, Now, with the help of the spirit which you have, make the person whose name I will give you come up.
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And the woman said to him, But you have knowledge of what Saul has done, how he has put away out of the land those who have control of spirits and the users of secret arts: why would you, by a trick, put me in danger of death?
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And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.
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Then the woman said, Who am I to let you see? And he said, Make Samuel come up for me.
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And the woman saw that it was Saul, and she gave a loud cry, and said to Saul, Why have you made use of deceit? for you are Saul.
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And the king said to her, Have no fear: what do you see? And the woman said to Saul, I see a god coming up out of the earth.
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And he said to her, What is his form? And she said, It is an old man coming up covered with a robe. And Saul saw that it was Samuel, and with his face bent down to the earth he gave him honour.
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And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you made me come up, troubling my rest? And Saul in answer said, I am in great danger; for the Philistines are making war on me, and God has gone away from me and will no longer give me any answer, by the prophets or by dreams: so I have sent for you to make clear to me what I am to do.
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And Samuel said, Why do you put your questions to me, seeing that God has gone away from you and is on the side of him who is against you?
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And the Lord himself has done what I said: the Lord has taken the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbour David;