The Witch of En-Dor

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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# 180 - The Witch of Endor - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, King Saul—abandoned by prophecy, priests, and dreams—turns to a forbidden medium in a desperate attempt to summon the dead prophet Samuel. As silence from Heaven becomes unbearable, Saul crosses a spiritual boundary that cannot be undone, reminding us that when we no longer wait for God’s voice, we risk hearing something else instead.Episode 180 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by 1 Samuel 28:7, Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(0_:__) Intro with Yael Eckstein(0_:__) The Witch of Endor(__:__) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the Chosen People
0:02.0	Samuel
0:06.0	Please I
0:08.0	I have sinned
0:10.0	I feared the people
0:12.0	I listened to them instead of God
0:15.0	But it was not my will
0:17.0	Please
0:18.0	Oh pardon my sin
0:20.0	Return with me Let me worship before the lord saul's hands trembled he
0:28.2	lunged forward grabbing samuel's robe the fabric tore as you have torn my robe so the lord has torn the kingdom from you. He will give it to another.
0:41.5	The Lord has already chosen him. He is a man that seeks after the heart of God, more than the
0:48.8	heart of the people. A wretched cry shattered the silence of the palace halls,
0:59.0	a guttural wail of frustration and fury that sent the servants cowering behind doors and tapestries.
1:07.0	There was something inside him, something dark, something ploying.
1:13.1	He had known anger before, but this, this was different.
1:18.7	This was like a living thing, a living thing that slithered through his mind, whispering
1:24.9	venom into his ears, stoking the fires of his madness.
1:31.3	You're no king?
1:35.2	Samuel said so himself.
1:40.3	The king will be given to another.
1:49.0	Your time is almost up. Your memory will faint.
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