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Endor
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Town in the territory of Issachar, allotted to Manasseh (Joshua 17:11). It is identified with the modern Endur, on the northern decline of little Mt. Hermon (Nabi Daḥi), a hamlet now abandoned, but which had in Roman days a large population. Cheyne, following Graetz, reads "'En Ḥarod" (see Judges 7:1; Budde, "Richter und Samuel," p. 112).
According to the Hebrew text, the author of Psalms 83 considers Endor to have formed part of the plain of Kishon and, as such, of the battle-field of Megiddo. In 1 Samuel 29:1 the Septuagint (Manuscript A) reads ÎενδὼÏ, which is "Endor," not, as Cheyne and Klostermann propose, "'En Ḥarod." If the second half of 1 Samuel 29:1 is not to be considered as a later addition (Budde, "Die Bücher Samuel" [1902], in Marti's "Kurzer Hand-Commentar zum Alten Testament"), Endor was the place of Saul's encampment, as well as the residence of the witch whom he consulted before the battle of Gilboa (1 Samuel 28:7).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Endor'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/e/endor.html. 1901.
