1 Samuel 28:3–10

Saul Consults a Medium

³Now ^bSamuel had died, and all Israel had lamented for him and buried him in ^cRamah, in his own city. And Saul had put ^dthe mediums and the spiritists out of the land.

⁴Then the Philistines gathered together, and came and encamped at ^eShunem. So Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped at ^fGilboa. ⁵When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was ^gafraid, and his heart trembled greatly. ⁶And when Saul inquired of the Lord, ^hthe Lord did not answer him, either by ⁱdreams or ^jby Urim or by the prophets.

⁷Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, ^kthat I may go to her and inquire of her.”

And his servants said to him, “In fact, there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor.”

⁸So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night. And ^lhe said, “Please conduct a séance for me, and bring up for me the one I shall name to you.”

⁹Then the woman said to him, “Look, you know what Saul has done, how he has ^mcut off the mediums and the spiritists from the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?”

¹⁰And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”