19 Moreover the Lord will deliver Israel with thee into the hands of the Philistines: [a]and tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me, and the Lord shall give the host of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.

20 Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore [b]afraid because of the words of Samuel, so that there was no strength in him: for he had eaten no bread all the day nor all the night.

21 Then the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, See, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I [c]have put my soul in mine hand, and have obeyed thy words which thou saidest unto me.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 28:19 Ye shall be dead, 1 Sam. 31:6.
  2. 1 Samuel 28:20 The wicked when they hear God’s judgments, tremble and despair, but cannot seek for mercy by repentance.
  3. 1 Samuel 28:21 I have ventured my life.

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