Biblical places
Endor
Where Saul consulted a medium to summon the spirit of Samuel before his battle with the Philistines (1 Samuel 28), believed to be the ruin of Khirbet Safsafeh north of the Jezreel Valley, between Mount Tabor and the hill of Moreh.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Probable
- Khirbet Safsafeh
- 32.6316, 35.3720
The modern Kibbutz En Dor is named to commemorate ancient Endor but is not the same location; the coordinates used are those of Khirbet Safsafeh, believed to be the ancient ruins.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Joshua 17:11
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.
1 Samuel 28:7
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.
Psalms 83:10
Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.