Verse 9
1 Samuel 28:9
World English Bible, British Edition
9
The woman said to him, “Behold, you know what Saul has done, how
he has cut off those who have familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land. Why then do you lay a
snare for my life, to cause me to die?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר הָֽ/אִשָּׁ֜ה אֵלָ֗י/ו הִנֵּ֨ה אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֨עְתָּ֙ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂ֣ה שָׁא֔וּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִכְרִ֛ית אֶת הָ/אֹב֥וֹת וְ/אֶת הַ/יִּדְּעֹנִ֖י מִן הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וְ/לָ/מָ֥ה אַתָּ֛ה מִתְנַקֵּ֥שׁ בְּ/נַפְשִׁ֖/י לַ/הֲמִיתֵֽ/נִי
English Translation
And the woman said to me, "Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land; and why are you lying in wait for my life, to kill me?"
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Chapter 28 Context
1
In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare,
to fight with Israel. Ach...
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2
David said to Achish, “Therefore you will know what your servant
can do.”
Achish said to David, “The...
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3
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried
him in Ramah, even in his own cit...
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4
The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped
in Shunem; and Saul gathered all...
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5
When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart
trembled greatly.
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6
When Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD didn’t answer him by dreams,
by Urim, or by prophets.
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7
Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman who has a familiar
spirit, that I may go to her...
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8
Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing, and went, he
and two men with him, and they came t...
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9
The woman said to him, “Behold, you know what Saul has done, how
he has cut off those who have famil...
10
Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, “As the LORD lives, no
punishment will happen to you for this...
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11
Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up to you?”
He said, “Bring Samuel up for me.”
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12
When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and
the woman spoke to Saul, saying, “Why ha...
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13
The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid! What do you see?”
The woman said to Saul, “I see a god comin...
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14
He said to her, “What does he look like?”
She said, “An old man comes up. He is covered with a robe....
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15
Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me, to bring me
up?”
Saul answered, “I am very distress...
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16
Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has departed
from you and has become your adver...
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17
The LORD has done to you as he spoke by me. The LORD has torn the kingdom
out of your hand and given...
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18
Because you didn’t obey the LORD’s voice, and didn’t execute his fierce
wrath on Amalek, therefore t...
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19
Moreover the LORD will deliver Israel also with you into the hand of
the Philistines; and tomorrow y...
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20
Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the earth, and
was terrified, because of Samuel’s word...
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21
The woman came to Saul and saw that he was very troubled, and
said to him, “Behold, your servant has...
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22
Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your servant, and
let me set a morsel of bread bef...
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23
But he refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants,
together with the woman, constrained h...
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24
The woman had a fattened calf in the house. She hurried and killed
it; and she took flour and kneade...
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25
She brought it before Saul and before his servants, and they ate. Then
they rose up and went away th...
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