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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 383 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ENDOR , an See also:

ancient See also:town of See also:Palestine, chiefly memorable as the See also:abode of the sorceress whom See also:Saul consulted on the See also:eve of the See also:battle of Gilboa, in which he perished (I Sam. See also:xxviii. 5-25). According to a psalmist (Ps. lxxxiii. 9) it was the See also:scene of the rout of Jabin and Sisera. Although situated in the territory of the tribe of See also:Issachar, it was assigned to See also:Manasseh. In the See also:time of See also:Eusebius and See also:Jerome Endor existed as a large See also:village 5 M. See also:south of See also:Mount See also:Tabor; there is still a poor village of the same name on the slope of See also:Jebel Dahi, near which are numerous caves. For a description of the locality see See also:Stanley, See also:Sinai and Palestine, P. 337.

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