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Endor

Jezreel valley (territory of Manasseh) · Old Testament · 3 verses

Endor was a town near the Jezreel valley in the territory of Manasseh. It is remembered for a woman who practiced divination there. The name appears in Joshua, 1 Samuel, Psalms in the King James text.

About Endor

Endor was a town near the Jezreel valley in the territory of Manasseh. It is remembered for a woman who practiced divination there.

Its place in the story

On the eve of his last battle, Saul went in disguise to the medium at Endor to inquire of the dead Samuel. The episode marks Saul's final rejection of the LORD before his death on Gilboa.

Endor in Scripture (KJV)

“And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.”

Joshua 17:11 (KJV)

“Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.”

1 Samuel 28:7 (KJV)

“Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.”

Psalms 83:10 (KJV)

Where it leads

Saul's turn to Endor in place of trusting God shows the darkness that comes from abandoning God, contrasting with the life offered in Christ.

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