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Saul then said to his advisers, “Find a woman who is a medium, so I can go and ask her what to do.”

His advisers replied, “There is a medium at Endor.”

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Saul then said to his attendants, “Find me a woman who is a medium,(A) so I may go and inquire of her.”

“There is one in Endor,(B)” they said.

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Paul and Silas in Prison

16 One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit that enabled her to tell the future. She earned a lot of money for her masters by telling fortunes.

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Paul and Silas in Prison

16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer,(A) we were met by a female slave who had a spirit(B) by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling.

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10 They were destroyed at Endor,
    and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.

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10 who perished at Endor(A)
    and became like dung(B) on the ground.

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13 So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium

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13 Saul died(A) because he was unfaithful(B) to the Lord; he did not keep(C) the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium(D) for guidance,

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11 The following towns within the territory of Issachar and Asher, however, were given to Manasseh: Beth-shan,[a] Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphoth-dor),[b] Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:11a Hebrew Beth-shean, a variant spelling of Beth-shan; also in 17:16.
  2. 17:11b The meaning of the Hebrew here is uncertain.

11 Within Issachar(A) and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan,(B) Ibleam(C) and the people of Dor,(D) Endor,(E) Taanach(F) and Megiddo,(G) together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth[a]).(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:11 That is, Naphoth Dor

This vision is for a future time.
    It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled.
If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently,
    for it will surely take place.
    It will not be delayed.

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For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(A)
    it speaks of the end(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(C) for it;
    it[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.(D)

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  1. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he

19 Someone may say to you, “Let’s ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do.” But shouldn’t people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead?

20 Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.

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The Darkness Turns to Light

19 When someone tells you to consult(A) mediums and spiritists,(B) who whisper and mutter,(C) should not a people inquire(D) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? 20 Consult God’s instruction(E) and the testimony of warning.(F) If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light(G) of dawn.

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31 “Do not defile yourselves by turning to mediums or to those who consult the spirits of the dead. I am the Lord your God.

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31 “‘Do not turn to mediums(A) or seek out spiritists,(B) for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

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25 The Lord is good to those who depend on him,
    to those who search for him.
26 So it is good to wait quietly
    for salvation from the Lord.

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25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;(A)
26 it is good to wait quietly(B)
    for the salvation of the Lord.(C)

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The Egyptians will lose heart,
    and I will confuse their plans.
They will plead with their idols for wisdom
    and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead.

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The Egyptians will lose heart,(A)
    and I will bring their plans(B) to nothing;(C)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
    the mediums and the spiritists.(D)

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33 While Elisha was still saying this, the messenger arrived. And the king[a] said, “All this misery is from the Lord! Why should I wait for the Lord any longer?”

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Footnotes

  1. 6:33 Hebrew he.

33 While he was still talking to them, the messenger came down to him.

The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait(A) for the Lord any longer?”

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One day Israel’s new king, Ahaziah, fell through the latticework of an upper room at his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. So he sent messengers to the temple of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether he would recover.

But the angel of the Lord told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, “Go and confront the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is there no God in Israel? Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will recover?

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Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers,(A) saying to them, “Go and consult Baal-Zebub,(B) the god of Ekron,(C) to see if I will recover(D) from this injury.”

But the angel(E) of the Lord said to Elijah(F) the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel(G) that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’

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Meanwhile, Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him. He was buried in Ramah, his hometown. And Saul had banned from the land of Israel all mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead.

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Saul and the Medium at Endor

Now Samuel was dead,(A) and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah.(B) Saul had expelled(C) the mediums and spiritists(D) from the land.

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