Then said Saul unto his servants, 'Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.' And his servants said to him, 'Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor' — Saul's reversal ('vayyomer šāʾûl lᵊʿabadāyw baqšû-lî ʾeśet baʿalat ʾôb') violates his own law and represents desperation transcending principle. The servants know of 'a mistress of the pit' ('baʿalat ʾôb'), suggesting such mediumship persisted despite prohibition.

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