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When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was absolutely terrified.[a] So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him—not by dreams nor by Urim[b] nor by the prophets. So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium,[c] so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him, “There is a woman who is a medium in Endor.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 28:5 tn Heb “he was afraid, and his heart was very terrified.”
  2. 1 Samuel 28:6 sn See the note at 1 Sam 14:41.
  3. 1 Samuel 28:7 tn Heb “an owner of a ritual pit.” See the note at v. 3.