1 Samuel 28:9-11

Good News Translation

⁹ The woman answered, “Surely you know what King Saul has done, how he forced the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel.^[a] Why, then, are you trying to trap me and get me killed?”

¹⁰ Then Saul made a sacred vow. “By the living Lord I promise that you will not be punished for doing this,” he told her.

^11 (A)“Whom shall I call up for you?” the woman asked.

“Samuel,” he answered.