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    En-dor

    עֵין־דֹּר

    En-dor, a Canaanite city where Saul consulted a medium before his final battle with the Philistines.

    Where the story of En-dor happensWhere the gazetteer locates En-dor, framed to them: En-dor. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.En-dor
    Where the gazetteer locates En-dor
    verses
    3
    first named
    Joshua 17:11
    last named
    Psalms 83:10
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    32.64°N · 35.39°E
    settlement32.64°N · 35.39°E

    Khirbet es Safsafa (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 5 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    En-dor in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    En-dor was a Canaanite city located in the territory allotted to the tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 17:11). However, the Manassites failed to drive out the Canaanites from En-dor, so they continued to live among the Israelites.

    The city is most notable as the place where King Saul sought the counsel of a medium on the eve of his final battle against the Philistines (1Sa.28.7). Desperate for guidance, Saul disguised himself and visited the medium, requesting her to conjure up the spirit of the deceased prophet Samuel. The medium succeeded, and Samuel's spirit informed Saul that he and his sons would die in battle the next day.

    Psalm 83:10 mentions En-dor in the context of a prayer for God's judgment against Israel's enemies, referring to the defeat of Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River near En-dor (Judges 4-5). The city's exact location is uncertain, but it was likely situated in the Jezreel Valley, north of Mount Gilboa.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 10 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 3 books.

    1. Joshua1 verse

      17:11

    2. 1 Samuel1 verse

      28:7

    3. Psalms1 verse

      83:10

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Allotment of Inheritance, Beth-Shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Taanach, and MegiddoAbiezerClan of Manasseh, home of Gideonvia Allotment of Inheritance, Beth-Shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Taanach, and MegiddoAllotmentAllotment is a concept gathering 13 labelled instances in the text.via Allotment of Inheritance, Beth-Shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Taanach, and MegiddoAsherSon of Jacob and Zilpah, founder of the tribe of Ashervia Allotment of Inheritance, Beth-Shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Taanach, and MegiddoAsrielSon of Manasseh, founder of the Asrielite clanvia Allotment of Inheritance, Beth-Shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Taanach, and MegiddoBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.via Allotment of Inheritance, Beth-Shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Taanach, and MegiddoBeth-sheanCity in Manasseh, where Saul's body was displayed.via Allotment of Inheritance, Beth-Shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Taanach, and MegiddoDorA Canaanite city, later allotted to Manasseh but not conquered.via Allotment of Inheritance, Beth-Shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Taanach, and MegiddoGileadMountainous region east of Jordan; tribal territory and personal name.via Allotment of Inheritance, Beth-Shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Taanach, and MegiddoHelekSon of Gilead, ancestor of the Helekites.

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    What happened here

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