1 Samuel 28:11

“Whom shall I bring up for you?” the woman asked. “Bring up Samuel,” he replied.

Majority Standard Bible

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

10Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”

12But when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out in a loud voice and said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 18:11casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.

Isaiah 8:19When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of 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 →

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