1 Samuel 28:11

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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.'

12And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying: 'Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.'

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:11or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.

Isaiah 8:19And when they shall say unto you: 'Seek unto the ghosts and the familiar spirits, that chirp and that mutter; should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living unto 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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