Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
A familiar spirit
That i may
En-dor
General references
Bible References
Seek me
2 Kings 1:2
Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, "Go, ask Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury."
2 Kings 6:33
He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said, "Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?"
Isaiah 8:19
They will say to you, "Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?"
Lamentations 3:25
(Tet) The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him.
Habakkuk 2:3
For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass -- it will not arrive late.
A familiar spirit
1 Samuel 28:3
Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented over him and had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. In the meantime Saul had removed the mediums and magicians from the land.
Deuteronomy 18:11
one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer.
Isaiah 19:3
The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.
Acts 16:16
Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling.
That i may
Leviticus 19:31
Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God.
1 Chronicles 10:13
So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord's instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits.
Isaiah 8:19
They will say to you, "Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?"
En-dor
Joshua 17:11
Within Issachar's and Asher's territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo, the three of Napheth, and the towns surrounding all these cities.
Psalm 83:10
They were destroyed at Endor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.
General references
Leviticus 19:31
Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God.