“And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.”
King James Version (KJV)
28:5 He trembled - Had he kept close to God, he needed not fear all the armies of the Philistines.
28:7 That hath, &c. - One that converseth with the devil, or dead men's ghosts, and by them can discover future things. See #Isa 8:19|.
28:8 Disguised - Both because he was ashamed to be known, or thought guilty of this practice; and because he suspected, the woman, had she known him, would not practice her art before him.