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1 Samuel 28:3-8 (GN)

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³ Now Samuel had died, and all the Israelites had mourned for him and had buried him in his hometown of Ramah. Saul had forced all the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel. ⁴ The Philistine troops assembled and camped near the town of Shunem; Saul gathered the Israelites and camped at Mount Gilboa. ⁵ When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was terrified, ⁶ and so he asked the LORD what to do. But the LORD did not answer him at all, either by dreams or by the use of Urim and Thummim or by prophets. ⁷ Then Saul ordered his officials, "Find me a woman who is a medium, and I will go and consult her." "There is one in Endor," they answered. ⁸ So Saul disguised himself; he put on different clothes, and after dark he went with two of his men to see the woman. "Consult the spirits for me and tell me what is going to happen," he said to her. "Call up the spirit of the man I name."

Definition(s):
Saul (Sawl): demanded; lent; ditch; death
Thummim (Thumm-imm): perfection; truth
Urim (Oo-rim): lights; fires
So (Soh):