^10-11 (A) Don't sacrifice your son or daughter. And don't try to use any kind of magic or witchcraft to tell fortunes^[a] or to cast spells or to talk with spirits of the dead.

^10-11 (A) Don't sacrifice your son or daughter. And don't try to use any kind of magic or witchcraft to tell fortunes^[a] or to cast spells or to talk with spirits of the dead.

Saul Asks To Talk with Samuel's Ghost

28 ^1-3 (A) Samuel had died some time earlier,^[a] and people from all over Israel had attended his funeral in his hometown of Ramah.

Meanwhile, Saul had been trying to get rid of everyone who spoke with the spirits of the dead.^[b] But one day the Philistines brought their soldiers together to attack Israel.

Achish told David, “Of course, you know that you and your men must fight as part of our Philistine army.”

David answered, “That will give you a chance to see for yourself just how well we can fight!”

“In that case,” Achish said, “you and your men will always be my bodyguards.”

Josiah Follows the Teachings of God's Law

(2 Chronicles 34.3-7)

^4 (A) Josiah told Hilkiah the priest, the assistant priests, and the guards at the temple door to go into the temple and bring out the things used to worship Baal, Asherah, and the stars. Josiah had these things burned in Kidron Valley just outside Jerusalem, and he had the ashes carried away to the town of Bethel.

¹⁹ Someone may say to you, “Go to the fortunetellers who make soft chirping sounds or ask the spirits of the dead. After all, a nation ought to be able to ask its own gods