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I Samuel Chapter 28

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I SAMUEL

I Samuel 28

1Nowe at that time the Philistims assembled their bandes and armie to fight with Israel: therfore Achish said to Dauid, Be sure, thou shalt go out with me to the battel, thou, and thy men.
1 Samuel 17:1, 1 Samuel 29:1, 1 Samuel 29:3, 1 Samuel 17:1, 1 Samuel 29:1
2And Dauid said to Achish, Surely thou shalt knowe, what thy seruant can doe. And Achish sayde to Dauid, Surely I will make thee keeper of mine head for euer.
Romans 12:9, 1 Samuel 27:10, 2 Samuel 16:16, 2 Samuel 16:19, Romans 12:9
3(Samuel was then dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah his owne citie: and Saul had put away the sorcerers, and the soothsayers out of the land)
Leviticus 19:31, Leviticus 19:31, 1 Samuel 25:1, Leviticus 20:27, 1 Samuel 25:1
4Then the Philistims assembled themselues, and came, and pitched in Shunem: and Saul assembled all Israel, and they pitched in Gilboa.
Joshua 19:18, 1 Samuel 31:1, Joshua 19:18, 1 Samuel 31:1, 2 Kings 4:8
5And when Saul saw the hoste of the Philistims, he was afraid, and his heart was sore astonied.
Job 18:11, Isaiah 7:2, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 21:4, Psalms 48:5
6Therefore Saul asked counsel of the Lord, and the Lord answered him not, neither by dreames, nor by Vrim, nor yet by Prophets.
1 Samuel 14:37, Numbers 12:6, 1 Samuel 14:37, Numbers 12:6, Lamentations 2:9
7Then saide Saul vnto his seruants, Seeke me a woman that hath a familiar spirite, that I may goe to her, and aske of her. And his seruants said to him, Beholde, there is a woman at En-dor that hath a familiar spirit.
Acts 16:16, Acts 16:16, 1 Chronicles 10:13, Psalms 83:10, Joshua 17:11
8Then Saul changed him selfe, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he saide, I pray thee, coniecture vnto me by the familiar spirite, and bring me him vp whome I shall name vnto thee.
Isaiah 8:19, 1 Chronicles 10:13, Isaiah 8:19, 1 Chronicles 10:13, 2 Chronicles 18:29
9And the woman saide vnto him, Beholde, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath destroyed the sorcerers, and the southsayers out of the land: wherefore then seekest thou to take me in a snare to cause me to die?
1 Samuel 28:3, 1 Samuel 28:3, 2 Samuel 18:13, 2 Kings 5:7, 2 Samuel 18:13
10And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liueth, no harme shall come to thee for this thing.
1 Samuel 14:39, Deuteronomy 18:10, Deuteronomy 18:12, Exodus 20:7, 1 Samuel 19:6
11Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring vp vnto thee? And he answered, Bring me vp Samuel.
12And when the woman sawe Samuel, she cryed with a loude voyce, and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceiued me? for thou art Saul.
1 Samuel 28:3, 1 Kings 14:5, 1 Samuel 28:3, 1 Kings 14:5
13And the King said vnto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said vnto Saul, I saw gods ascending vp out of the earth.
Exodus 4:16, Psalms 82:6, Psalms 82:7, John 10:34, John 10:35
14Then he said vnto her, What facion is hee of? And she answered, An olde man commeth vp lapped in a mantel: and Saul knewe that it was Samuel, and he enclined his face to the grounde, and bowed him selfe.
1 Samuel 15:27, 1 Samuel 15:27, 2 Kings 2:13, 2 Kings 2:14, 2 Kings 2:8
15And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp? Then Saul answered, I am in great distresse: for the Philistims make warre against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by Prophetes, neither by dreames: therefore I haue called thee, that thou mayest tell me, what I shall doe.
Luke 16:23, Luke 16:26, Luke 16:23, Luke 16:26, 1 Samuel 28:6
16Then said Samuel, Wherefore then doest thou aske of me, seeing the Lord is gone from thee, and is thine enemie?
Lamentations 2:5, Psalms 68:1, Psalms 68:3, Revelation 18:20, 2 Kings 6:27
17Euen the Lord hath done to him, as hee spake by mine hande: for the Lord will rent the kingdome out of thine hande, and giue it thy neighbour Dauid.
1 Samuel 15:27, 1 Samuel 15:29, 1 Samuel 15:27, 1 Samuel 15:29, Proverbs 16:4
18Because thou obeyedst not the voyce of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath vpon the Amalekites, therefore hath the Lord done this vnto thee this day.
1 Samuel 15:9, 1 Kings 20:42, 1 Samuel 15:9, 1 Kings 20:42, 1 Samuel 15:20
19Moreouer the Lord wil deliuer Israel with thee into the handes of the Philistims: and to morowe shalt thou and thy sonnes be with me, and the Lord shall giue the hoste of Israel into the handes of the Philistims.
Matthew 26:24, Acts 5:9, Acts 5:10, Acts 5:5, Jeremiah 28:16
20Then Saul fell streight way all along on the earth, and was sore afraide because of the wordes of Samuel, so that there was no strength in him: for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night.
1 Samuel 28:5, Psalms 50:21, Psalms 50:22, 1 Samuel 25:37, Job 26:2
21Then the woman came vnto Saul, and sawe that he was sore troubled, and said vnto him, See, thine handmaide hath obeyed thy voyce, and I haue put my soule in mine hande, and haue obeyed thy wordes which thou saydest vnto me.
Judges 12:3, Judges 12:3, 1 Samuel 19:5, Job 13:14, 1 Samuel 19:5
22Now therefore, I pray thee, hearke thou also vnto ye voyce of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsell of bread before thee, that thou mayest eat and get thee strength, and go on thy iourney.
23But he refused, and said, I will not eate: but his seruants and the woman together compelled him, and he obeyed their voyce: so he arose from the earth, and sate on the bed.
1 Kings 21:4, 1 Kings 21:4, 2 Kings 5:13, Proverbs 25:20, Luke 14:23
24Nowe the woman had a fat calfe in the house, and she hasted, and killed it, and tooke floure and kneaded it, and baked of it vnleauened bread.
Luke 15:23, Luke 15:23, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 18:7
25Then she brought them before Saul, and before his seruants: and when they had eaten, they stoode, and went away the same night.

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