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 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.
15. "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Samuel asked Saul."I’m in deep trouble!" Saul replied. "The Philistines are at war with me, and God has turned away from me and no longer answers me by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do."
16. "Why do you ask me," Samuel said, "since the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy?
17. The Lord has done to you exactly what he spoke through me: The Lord has ripped the kingdom out of your hands and has given it to your friend David.
18. The Lord has done this very thing to you today because you didn’t listen to the Lord’s voice and didn’t carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites.
19. The Lord will now hand over both you and Israel to the Philistines. And come tomorrow, you and your sons will be with me! The Lord will hand Israel’s army over to the Philistines."
20. Saul immediately fell full length on the ground, utterly terrified at what Samuel had said. He was weak because he hadn’t eaten anything all day or night.
21. The woman approached Saul, and after seeing how scared he was, she said, "Listen, your servant has obeyed you. I risked my life and did what you told me to do.