1 Samuel 28:12

But 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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In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

13“Do not be afraid,” the king replied. “What do you see?” “I see a god coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:5But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”

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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