1 Samuel 28
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1 Samuel 28:1-3

1NowH1961 in thoseH1992 daysH3117 the PhilistinesH6430 gatheredH6908 their forcesH4264 for warfareH6635H3898 against IsraelH3478. So AchishH397 saidH559 toH413 DavidH1732, “You must understandH3045 thatH3588 youH859 and your menH582 are to go outH3318 to battleH4264 with meH854.”

2DavidH1732 repliedH559, “ThenH3651 youH859 will come to knowH3045 whatH834 your servantH5650 can doH6213.”

“Very wellH3651,” saidH559 AchishH397. “I will make youH7760 my bodyguardH8104H7218 for lifeH3117.”

3Now by this time SamuelH8050 had diedH4191, and allH3605 IsraelH3478 had mournedH5594 for him and buried himH6912 in RamahH7414, his own cityH5892. And SaulH7586 had removedH5493 the mediumsH178 and spiritistsH3049 from the landH776.

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