³ Now ^(A)Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him ^(B)in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put ^(C)the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.

⁹ The woman said to him, “Surely you know what Saul has done, ^(A)how he has cut off the mediums and the necromancers from the land. Why then are you laying a trap for my life to bring about my death?”