# Now Samuel ... spiritists

The writer provides background information to prepare the reader for the events that follow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])

# banned ... from the land

He had officially removed them from the country or region, or prevented from entering. Alternate translation: "expelled ... from Israel"

# sorcerers and spiritists

"those who talked with the dead and those who talked with spirits." If your language has one word for those who talk with the dead and one word for those who talk with spirits, or if your language has only one word for those who talk with the dead and with spirits, you should use those words here.

