1 Samuel 28:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:13

On the other hand, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.”

2 Kings 5:7

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to give death or life, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his skin disease? Just look and see how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me.”

Leviticus 19:31

“Do not turn to mediums and spiritualists; do not seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

1 Samuel 28:10

But Saul swore to her by the Lord, “As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”

1 Samuel 28:3

Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. Saul had expelled the mediums and the wizards from the land.