Witch Of Endor – A Biblical Ghost Story Or A Woman With Supernatural Powers?
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the most mysterious Biblical passages deals with the story of the witch of Endor. It's a fascinating story that can be explained in many ways, but there is no agreement among Biblical scholars on what happened when the witch of Endor summoned the spirit of the prophet Samuel.
Is it a Biblical ghost story? Was the witch of Endor a woman with supernatural powers? Did she have the ability to bring back spirits of the dead who predicted the future, or was the entire event simply an illusion?
In the First Book of Samuel, chapter 28:3–25, we learn that Saul, the first king of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah, is terrified with fear because the entire Philistine army had gathered to attack Israel's smaller and weaker troops. He makes several attempts to talk to God and seeks guidance for his problems through dreams, priests, and prophets. King Saul uses his mysterious communication devices, Urim and Thummim, to contact God, but he fails because the Lord refuses to speak to him.
When King Saul was a young man, he was close to God, but later, he became cruel and rebelled against God's Word. On one occasion, King Saul murdered a whole village of priests murdered and now thinks this could be the reason why he cannot contact the Lord.
Desperate, King Saul takes two servants, disguises himself, and goes to a medium, asking her to summon the spirit of Samuel the prophet from the world of the dead to reveal the outcome of the impending battle.
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