6. When Saul questioned the Lord, the Lord didn’t answer him—not by dreams, not by the Urim, and not by the prophets.
7. So Saul said to his servants, "Find me a woman who communicates with ghosts! I’ll then go to her and ask by using her techniques.""There is such a medium in En-dor," his servants replied.
8. So Saul disguised himself, dressing in different clothes. Then he and two men set out, going to the woman at nighttime."Please call up a ghost for me! Bring me the one I specify," Saul said.
9. "Listen," the woman said to him, "you know what Saul has done, how he has banned all mediums and diviners from the land. What are you doing? Trying to get me killed?"
10. But Saul promised to her by the Lord, "As surely as the Lord lives, you won’t get into trouble for this."
11. So the woman said, "Who do you want me to bring up for you?""Bring up Samuel," he said.
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."