mynameis
27-05-2007, 06:55 AM
Witch of Endor of the First book of Samuel, chapter 28:4–25, was a witch, a woman "who possesses a talisman", through which she called up the ghost of the recently deceased prophet Samuel, at the demand of King Saul of Israel. After Samuel's death and burial with due mourning ceremonies in Ramah, Saul had driven all necromancers and magicians from Israel. Then, in a bitter irony, Saul sought out the witch, anonymously and in disguise, only after he received no answer from God from dreams, prophets or the Urim and Thummim as to his best course of action against the assembled forces of the Philistines. The prophet's ghost offered no advice but predicted Saul's downfall as king.
Saul sinned further in consulting this woman; the practice of necromancy was forbidden by the Torah.
Witch of Endor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saul sinned further in consulting this woman; the practice of necromancy was forbidden by the Torah.
Witch of Endor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia