ENDOR, an ancient town of Palestine, situated in the terri tory of Issachar, and a place from which the Manassites could not expel the Canaanites ( Josh. xvii. I r) . It was the scene of the rout of Jabin and Sisera (Ps. lxxxiii. 9), but is chiefly memorable as the abode of the sorceress whom Saul consulted on the eve of the battle of Gilboa (I Sam. xxviii.). In the fourth century A.D. it is described as a large village four Roman miles south of Tabor. There is a village 'Endur (not `En dur) in the locality indicated on the slope of Jebel Dhahi, with burial caves, grain pits and rock-cut cisterns to attest to its ancient importance. From a cave a spring flows which waters the village gardens.
(E. Ro.)