1 Samuel 28:11
And the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to thee? and he said, Bring up to me Samuel.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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, and said, As the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon thee on this account.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:11a sorcerer employing incantation, one who has in him a divining spirit, an observer of signs, questioning the dead.
Isaiah 8:19And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living?
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 →