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Endor, otherwise En-dor

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(spring of Dor, or spring of the house, dwelling) (Josh. 17:11; 1 Sam. 28:7) — a city or village in the tribe of Issachar, between Mount Tabor and the Lesser Hermon, on the stream Kishon. Near this place Jabin, king of Hazor, suffered a great defeat in the days of Deborah and Barak (Judg. 4–5). Here King Saul came by night to the well-known witch of Endor, and asked her to call up for him the prophet Samuel (1 Sam. 28:7). To this day travelers are shown a cave a few miles south of Nazareth in which this sorceress supposedly lived.

Now on the site of Endor stands a small, poor village called Endur. In the rocks there is indeed a cave, and it may be the very one in which the shade of the prophet Samuel appeared to Saul.

Scripture cited

Joshua 17:111 Kingdoms 28:7

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