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1Sa 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Seek me		2Ki 1:2,3; 2Ki 6:33; Isa 8:19,20; Lam 3:25,26; Hab 2:3
a familiar spirit		1Sa 28:3; Deu 18:11; Isa 19:3; Act 16:16
that I may		Lev 19:31; 1Ch 10:13; Isa 8:19
En-dor		En-dor, a city of Manasseh, was situated in the plain of Jezreel; and Eusebius and Jerome inform us, that it was a great town in their days, four miles south from Mount Tabor, near Nain, towards Scythopolis. This agrees with Maundrell, who says, that not many miles eastward of Tabor, you see mount Hermon, at the foot of which is seated Nain and Endor; and Burckhardt says, that in two hours and a half from Nazareth, towards Scythopolis or Bisan, they came to the village of Denouny, near which are the ruins of Endor; where the witch's grotto is shewn. Jos 17:11; Psa 83:10

Correlating Passages

Seek me

	2Ki 1:2	And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that [was] in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
	2Ki 1:3	But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, [Is it] not because [there is] not a God in Israel, [that] ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
	2Ki 6:33	And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil [is] of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
	Isa 8:19	And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
	Isa 8:20	To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.
	Lam 3:25	The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
	Lam 3:26	[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
	Hab 2:3	For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

a familiar spirit

	1Sa 28:3	Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
	Deu 18:11	Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
	Isa 19:3	And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
	Act 16:16	And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:

that I may

	Lev 19:31	Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
	1Ch 10:13	So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to enquire [of it];
	Isa 8:19	And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

En-dor

	Jos 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.
	Psa 83:10	[Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] dung for the earth.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 28:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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