12. When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed loudly. She said, “Why have you tricked me? You are Saul!”
13. The king said to the woman, “Don’t be afraid! What do you see?”The woman said, “I see a spirit coming up out of the ground.”
14. Saul asked, “What does he look like?”The woman answered, “An old man wearing a coat is coming up.”Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown on the ground.
15. Samuel asked Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?”Saul said, “I am greatly troubled. The Philistines are fighting against me. God has left me. He won’t answer me anymore, either by prophets or in dreams. That’s why I called you. I want you to tell me what to do.”
16. Samuel said, “The Lord has left you. He has become your enemy. So why do you call on me?
17. He has done what he said he would do. He said these things through me. He has torn the kingdom out of your hands. He has given it to one of your neighbors, David.
18. You did not obey the Lord. You did not show the Amalekites how angry he was with them. That’s why he has done this to you today.
19. The Lord will give both Israel and you to the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The Lord will let the Philistines defeat the army of Israel.”
20. Saul quickly fell to the ground and lay there. He was afraid because of what Samuel had said. He was also very weak because he had eaten nothing all that day and night.