1 Samuel 28:7
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7 Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants said to him, “There is a medium at Endor.”(A)
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Acts 16:16
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Paul and Silas in Prison
16 One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we met a female slave who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners a great deal of money by fortune-telling.(A)
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Psalm 83:10
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10 who were destroyed at En-dor,
who became dung for the ground.
1 Chronicles 10:13
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13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness; he was unfaithful to the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord; moreover, he had consulted a medium, seeking guidance,(A)
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Joshua 17:11
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11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, Ibleam and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages (the third is Naphath).[a](A)
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- 17.11 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Habakkuk 2:3
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3 For there is still a vision for the appointed time;
it speaks of the end and does not lie.
If it seems to tarry, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not delay.(A)
Isaiah 8:19-20
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19 Now if people say to you, “Consult the ghosts and the familiar spirits that chirp and mutter; should not a people consult their gods, the dead on behalf of the living,(A) 20 for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!(B)
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Leviticus 19:31
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31 “Do not turn to mediums and spiritualists; do not seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.(A)
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Lamentations 3:25-26
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25 The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.(A)
26 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.(B)
Isaiah 19:3
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3 the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound their plans;
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead
and the ghosts and the familiar spirits;(A)
2 Kings 6:33
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33 While he was still speaking with them, the king[a] came down to him and said, “This trouble is from the Lord! Why should I hope in the Lord any longer?”(A)
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- 6.33 Cn: Heb messenger
2 Kings 1:2-3
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2 Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured, so he sent messengers, telling them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.”(A) 3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Get up, go to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?
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1 Samuel 28:3
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Saul Consults a Medium
3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. Saul had expelled the mediums and the wizards from the land.(A)
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Deuteronomy 18:11
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11 or one who casts spells, or who consults ghosts or spirits, or who seeks oracles from the dead.
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