English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Samuel Book, chapter 28, verse All in Lxxen Version

1 Samuel 28 : 1 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered themselves together with their armies to go out to fight with Israel; and Anchus said to David,

Gr. thou shalt know surely

Know surely, that thou shalt go forth to battle with me, thou, and thy men.

1 Samuel 28 : 2 (LXXEN)

And David said to Anchus, Thus now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Anchus said to David, So will I make thee captain of my body-guard continually.

1 Samuel 28 : 3 (LXXEN)

And Samuel died, and all Israel lamented for him, and they bury him in his city, in Armathaim. And Saul had removed those who had in them divining spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

1 Samuel 28 : 4 (LXXEN)

And the Philistines assemble themselves, and come and encamp in Sonam: and Saul gathers all the men of Israel, and they encamp in Gelbue.

1 Samuel 28 : 5 (LXXEN)

And Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, and he was alarmed, and his heart was greatly dismayed.

1 Samuel 28 : 6 (LXXEN)

And Saul enquired of the Lord; and the Lord answered him not by dreams, nor by manifestations, nor by prophets.

1 Samuel 28 : 7 (LXXEN)

Then Saul said to his servants, Seek for me a woman who has in her a divining spirit, and I will go to her, and enquire of her: and his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has in her a divining spirit at Aendor.

1 Samuel 28 : 8 (LXXEN)

And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he goes, and two men with him, and they come to the woman by night; and he said to her, Divine to me, I pray thee, by the divining spirit within thee, and bring up to me him whom I shall name to thee.

1 Samuel 28 : 9 (LXXEN)

And the woman said to him, Behold now, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off

Or, ventriloquists

those who had in them divining spirits, and the wizards from the land, and why dost thou spread a snare for my life to destroy it?

1 Samuel 28 : 10 (LXXEN)

And Saul swore to her, and said, As the Lord lives,

Gr. if injury

no injury shall come upon thee on this account.

1 Samuel 28 : 11 (LXXEN)

And the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to thee? and he said, Bring up to me Samuel.

1 Samuel 28 : 12 (LXXEN)

And the woman saw Samuel, and cried out with a loud voice: and the woman said to Saul, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.

1 Samuel 28 : 13 (LXXEN)

And the king said to her, Fear not; tell me whom thou has seen. And the woman said to him, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.

1 Samuel 28 : 14 (LXXEN)

And he said to her, What didst thou perceive? and she said to him, An upright man ascending out of the earth, and he was clothed with a mantle. And Saul knew that this was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the earth, and did obeisance to him.

1 Samuel 28 : 15 (LXXEN)

And Samuel said, Why hast thou troubled me, that I should come up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines war against me, and God has departed from me, and no longer

Gr. has hearkened

hearkens to me either by the hand of the prophets or by dreams: and now I have called thee to tell me what I shall do.

1 Samuel 28 : 16 (LXXEN)

And Samuel said, Why askest thou me, whereas the Lord has departed from thee, and taken part with thy neighbour?

1 Samuel 28 : 17 (LXXEN)

And the Lord has done to thee, as the Lord spoke by

Gr. my hand

me; and the Lord will rend thy kingdom out of thy hand, and will give it to thy neighbour David.

1 Samuel 28 : 18 (LXXEN)

because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and didst not execute his fierce anger upon Amalec, therefore the Lord has done this thing to thee this day.

1 Samuel 28 : 19 (LXXEN)

And the Lord shall deliver Israel with thee into the hands of the Philistines, and to-morrow thou and thy sons with thee shall fall, and the Lord shall deliver the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 28 : 20 (LXXEN)

And Saul

Gr. hasted and fell standing or at his full length; as the Hebrew

instantly fell at his full length upon the earth, and was greatly afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no longer any strength in him, for he

Gr. ate

had eaten no bread all that day, and all that night.

1 Samuel 28 : 21 (LXXEN)

And the woman went in to Saul, and saw that he was greatly

Lit. hasted; q. d. trepidavit

disquieted, and said to him, Behold now, thine handmaid has hearkened to thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have

i. e., obeyed

heard the words which thou has spoken to me.

1 Samuel 28 : 22 (LXXEN)

And now hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of thine handmaid, and I will set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and thou shalt be strengthened, for thou wilt be going on thy way.

1 Samuel 28 : 23 (LXXEN)

But he would not eat; so his servants and the woman constrained him, and he hearkened to their voice, and rose up from the earth, and sat upon a bench.

1 Samuel 28 : 24 (LXXEN)

And the woman had a fat heifer in the house; and she hasted and slew it; and she took meal and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes.

1 Samuel 28 : 25 (LXXEN)

And she brought the meat before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate, and rose up, and departed that night.