: Know thou now assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me
to the war, thou, and thy men.

28:2. And David said to Achis: Now thou shalt know what thy servant will
do. And Achis said to David: And I will appoint thee to guard my life
for ever.

28:3. Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel mourned for him, and buried
him in Ramatha, his city. And Saul had put away all the magicians and
soothsayers out of the land.

28:4. And the Philistines were gathered together, and came and encamped
in Sunam: and Saul also gathered together all Israel, and came to
Gelboe.

28:5. And Saul saw the army of the Philistines, and was afraid, and his
heart was very much dismayed.

28:6. And he consulted the Lord, and he answered him not, neither by
dreams, nor by priests, nor by prophets.

28:7. And Saul said to his servants: Seek me a woman that hath a
divining spirit, and I will go to her, and enquire by her. And his
servants said to him: There is a woman that hath a divining spirit at
Endor.

28:8. Then he disguised himself: and put on other clothes, and he went,
and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night, and he said
to her: Divine to me by thy divining spirit, and bring me up him whom I
shall tell thee.

28:9. And the woman said to him: Behold thou knowest all that Saul hath
done, and how he hath rooted out the magicians and soothsayers from the
land: why then dost thou lay a snare for my life, to cause me to be put
to death?

28:10. And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the Lord liveth,
there shall no evil happen to thee for this thing.

28:11. And the woman said to him: Whom shall I bring up to thee? And he
said, Bring me up Samuel.

28:12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice,
and said to Saul: Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

28:13. And the king said to her: Fear not: what hast thou seen? and the
woman said to Saul: I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

28:14. And he said to her: What form is he of? And she said: An old man
cometh up, and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul understood that it
was Samuel, and he bowed himself with his face to the ground, and
adored.

Understood that it was Samuel... It is the more common opinion of the
holy fathers, and interpreters, that the soul of Samuel appeared indeed:
and not, as some have imagined, an evil spirit in his shape. Not that
the power of her magic could bring him thither, but that God was pleased
for