[This translation omits this verse.]

[This translation omits this verse.]

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle, and you put on my robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

And one drew a bow with a good aim, and struck the king of Israel between the lungs and the breastplate. And he said to his charioteer, Turn your hands, and carry me away out of the battle, for I am wounded.

Why then has He not visited these? Forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths?

And the eye of the adulterer has watched for the darkness, saying, Eye shall not see me, and he puts a covering on his face.

Shall anyone hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? Says the Lord.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their works were evil.

employing an incantation, or one who has in him a divining spirit, or an observer of signs who questions the dead.

So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he transgressed against God, against the word of the Lord, forasmuch as he kept [it] not, because Saul inquired of a wizard to seek [counse]l, and Samuel the prophet answered him;

And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly; shall not a nation diligently seek their God? Why do they look to the dead concerning the living?