1 Samuel 28:7 (WEB)
Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants said to him, “Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor.”
Fathers and councils · 1
“For, indeed, it was no less than this that was anciently permitted to the Pythonic (or ventriloquistic) spirit—even to represent the soul of Samuel, when Saul consulted the dead, after (losing the living) God.” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xxviii. 6–16.
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Cross-references · 3
1 Samuel 28:7 and Sirach 9:9 share the same wording (10 words).
1 Samuel 28:7 and Sirach 41:21 share the same wording (10 words).
1 Samuel 28:7 and Isaiah 29:4 share the same wording (10 words).
