Bible Location
Meaning: fountain · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
En-dor was the Issacharite site near the Jezreel region best known for the medium whom Saul consulted before his final battle. It is important because it appears at one of the darkest spiritual moments in Saul's life. First appears in Josh 17:11.1
Place meaning
fountain
Coordinates
32.63, 35.39
First appears
Josh 17:11
AI summary: En-dor is memorable because it combines geography with moral crisis. Though it appears in territorial lists, its strongest place in biblical memory comes from Saul's desperate nighttime visit to the medium there before Gilboa. The cross references present En-dor as a northern site of fear, forbidden consultation, and the unraveling of Saul's kingship.1
Place meaning
fountain
Latitude
32.63
Longitude
35.39
Bible references
3
Fountain of Dor; i.e., “of the age”, a place in the territory of Issachar (Josh. 17:11) near the scene of the great victory which was gained by Deborah and Barak over Sisera and Jabin (comp. Ps. 83:9, 10). To Endor, Saul resorted to consult one reputed to be a witch on the eve of his last engagement with the Philistines (1 Sam. 28:7). It is identified with the modern village of Endur, “a dirty hamlet of some twenty houses, or rather huts, most of them falling to ruin,” on the northern slope of Little Hermon, about 7 miles from Jezreel. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.