9. Then the woman said to him, “Look, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the spiritists from the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?”
10. And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”
11. Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?”And he said, “Bring up Samuel for me.”
12. When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice. And the woman spoke to Saul, saying, “Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!”
13. And the king said to her, “Do not be afraid. What did you see?”And the woman said to Saul, “I saw a spirit ascending out of the earth.”
14. So he said to her, “What is his form?”And she said, “An old man is coming up, and he is covered with a mantle.” And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground and bowed down.
15. Now Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?”And Saul answered, “I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may reveal to me what I should do.”