I Samuel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 309
The History of the People of Israel
himself in diHcrcnt clothes, and went, he and two oHicors with him, and came to the woman at night, Will you ca,11 to a. spirit for me now, and bring to me whoever I tell you? ’ But the woman replied to him ‘What! when you know what Saul has dome ?—·—who has driven the Spirit - raisers and the Scientists from the country! So why do you seek for my life, to get me Then Saul swore to her by the
By the EVER- L1v1NG LIFE nothing hurtful shall happen to you for the affair! Whom shall I bring up to you? ’ Bring up Samuel And when the woman saw Samuel,
she shrieked with a loud voice, and Why have you deceived me? You are Saul! ’ x3 But the King answered her, ‘Fea1· not for me !—··Who ?—·What have you seen P W32 §pirii uf §ummzl appears. I
saw Divine Messengers ascending out of the earth What is he An old man is now
coming up I And he is covered with And Saul recognized that it was
Samuel! and fell face forward to the ground, and was terrified. For
what have you disturbed me to bring me up ? ’ I am in great
distress! for the Philishtim are at war with me, and GOD, has turned from me, and answers me no more, neither by means of Instructors, nor by dreams :·—~so I called to you to tell And for what do you enquire of me, when GOD has turned away, and is far
x7 from you? The Evnn-Lxvmo will do to you, as He said through me! For the EVER—LIV1NG has taken the Commandership from your hand, and will give it to your neighbour,-·—to
x8 David. Because you did not listen to the voice of the EVER-LIVING, and did not execute His deep wrath upon the Amalekites, therefore the EVER- Livmo has brought this trouble to you to—dayl The EvER—L1v1NG also will give Israel, with you, into the hands of the Philishtim. And to- morrow you shall be with mel The EVE R—L1v1NG will also give the camp of Israel into the hand of the Philishtim. Saul then immediately fell down
tothe earth, for he could not stand, and was greatly terrified at the words of Samuel; beside there was no strength in him, for he had not eaten food all that day, and all that night. But the woman came to Saul in great terror and agitation and said to him, EI]: Witt}; pitizs Saul in his @2zpair. ‘ You see your servant has listened
to your voice, and I have placed my life in my hand, and have listened to the request you made me,—···therefore listen now yourself to the voice of your servant, and I will put before you a mouthful of food, so eat it, and it will strengthen you that you can go on your way. I will His attendants, however, urged him,
and the woman also. He therefore listened to their voices, and arose 20 2 I 22 from the ground, and rested upon a couch, and the woman, having a fat 24 calf in the stable, hastened and killed it, and took flour and kneaded, and baked biscuits, and approached Saul 25 and his attendants, and they ate, and arose and went away in the night. (1a.c. 1054.) @ntrih imluntzzrr in iight fur tbz §§hi1i¤iiuz¤, hui tbz ®2uzr¤l¤ refuse him. T he Philishtim had now assembled 29 all their forces at Afak, and Israel had encamped at the Well which is in jezrael. And the forces of the Philishtim advanced by battalions and regiments, but David and his men were with Akish in the rear. The Generals of the Philishtim, Who are these And Akish answered the Generals 309
