1 Samuel 28:11

And the woman said to him, “Whom shall I raise up for you?” And he said, “Raise up for me Samuel.”

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In The King James Version

Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

In Context

10And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, “As the Lord lives, nothing evil will befall you because of this matter.”

12And when the woman had seen Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice, and she said to Saul: “Why have you afflicted me? For you are Saul!”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:11nor one who uses spells, nor one who consults demonic spirits, nor a diviner, nor one who seeks the truth from the dead.

Isaiah 8:19And though they say to you, “Seek from seers and diviners,” they who hiss in their incantations, should not the people seek from their God, for the sake of the living, and not from the dead?

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 28:8-15

Saul Consults the Witch at Endor. ( b. c. 1055.) 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. 9 And the… Read the whole commentary →

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