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Saul's servants, in answer to his command to seek 

 him a woman " that hath a familiar spirit/' reply 

 without a sign of hesitation or of fear, " Behold, 

 there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at 

 Endor " ; just as, in some parts of England, a 

 countryman might tell any one who did not look 

 like a magistrate or a policeman, where a " wise 

 woman " was to be met with. Saul goes to this 

 woman, who, after being assured of immunity, 

 asks, " Whom shall I bring up to thee ? " where- 

 upon Saul says, " Bring me up Samuel." The 

 woman immediately sees an apparition. But to 

 Saul nothing is visible, for he asks, " What seest 

 thou ? " And the woman replies, " I see Elohim 

 coming up out of the earth." Still the spectre 

 remains invisible to Saul, for he asks, " What 

 form is he of ? " And she replies, " An old man 

 cometh up, and he is covered with a robe." So 

 far, therefore, the wise woman unquestionably 

 plays the part of a " medium," and Saul is depen- 

 dent upon her version of what happens. 

 The account continues : 



And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with 

 his face to the ground and did obeisance. And Samuel said to 

 Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me to bring me up ? And Saul 

 answered, I am sore distressed : for the Philistines make war 

 against me, and Elohim is departed from me and answereth me 

 no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams ; therefore I have 

 called thee that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall 

 do. And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, 

 seeing that Jahveh is departed from thee and is become thine 



