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1 Samuel 28:2-6 World English Bible (WEB)

2. David said to Achish, “Therefore you will know what your servant can do.” Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you my bodyguard forever.”

3. Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits the wizards, out of the land.

4. The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.

5. When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

6. When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.

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