Finally, the woman said, “Well, whose spirit do you want me to call up?”
“Call up Samuel,” Saul replied.
For the King of Israel to consult a medium was a grievous sin indeed. Saul himself had banned mediums from his kingdom, and yet, when the Lord refused to answer the king’s requests for direction either through the prophets or by sacred lots, he sought out one in the village of Endor.
This is a difficult chapter to understand but one thing is certain — the dark world of witchcraft is real; it’s not make-believe.
