En-dor
En-dor, a Canaanite city where Saul consulted a medium before his final battle with the Philistines.
The name En-dor means “fountain, eye of generation, or of habitation”
PlaceOld Testament3 books3 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Joshua 17:11; only referred to as En-dor (עֵין־דֹּר).
Location
- Identified as
- Khirbet es Safsafa
- Certainty
- Likely (76% of scholarship) · 4 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 32.644° N, 35.390° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- עֵין־דֹּרEn-dor
Mentions
- Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
- …who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.