1 Samuel 28:13

Gods. Heb. ’elohim, a title used more than 2,500 times of the true God (see Vol. I, pp. 170, 171), and frequently of false gods (Gen. 35:2; Ex. 12:12; 20:3; etc.). The KJV three times translates the word as “judges” (Ex. 21:6; 22:8, 9). It is possible that the word should be so translated here, thus making the woman say, “I see judges ascending from the earth.” This would be in harmony with the identification of Samuel as a judge. Though the woman used the plural form, Saul seems to have understood the singular, for he questioned, “What form is he of?” On the other hand, she may have used the word ’elohim in its more common sense, “gods.”