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Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had sent away those who had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land.
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Verse 3. Samuel. His death is here recorded, as well as the abolition of magic, to explain what follows, when Saul, not being able to obtain an answer from God, as his prophet had been withdrawn in anger, had recourse to the devil. Bible.—Land, while he reigned virtuously, ( Menochius.) according to the law. Leviticus 19:31. Deuteronomy 18:11.
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