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12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out loudly.[a] The woman told Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”

13 The king told her, “Don’t be afraid; but what do you see?”

The woman told Saul, “I see a divine being[b] coming up out of the ground.”

14 Saul[c] told her, “What does he look like?”

She said, “An old man is coming up, and he’s wrapped in a robe.” Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed low to the ground and prostrated himself.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 28:12 Lit. with a loud voice
  2. 1 Samuel 28:13 Or a spirit; or a god
  3. 1 Samuel 28:14 Lit. He