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12 When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed at Saul, “Why have you tricked me? You are Saul!”

13 “Don’t be afraid!” the king said to her. “What do you see?”

The woman said to Saul, “I see a god[a] coming up from the ground.”

14 “What does he look like?” Saul asked her.

“An old man is coming up,” she said. “He’s wrapped in a robe.” Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed low out of respect, nose to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 28:13 Or I see gods or I see divine figures

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