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Shiloh

29 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

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  • Joshua 22:12 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — The place of rendezvous for the tribes
  • Judges 21:12 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — The place of rendezvous for the tribes
  • 1 Samuel 1:3 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Tabernacle located at
  • 1 Samuel 1:9 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Tabernacle located at
  • 1 Samuel 1:21 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Tabernacle located at
  • 1 Samuel 1:24 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Tabernacle located at
  • 1 Samuel 2:14 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Tabernacle located at
  • 1 Samuel 4:3 Smith
  • 1 Samuel 4:12 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Eli lived at
  • 1 Samuel 4:13 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Eli lived at
  • 1 Samuel 4:18 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Eli dies at
  • 1 Kings 14:2 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Ahijah the prophet lives at
  • Psalms 78:60 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Tabernacle located at
  • Isaiah 9:6 Easton
  • Jeremiah 7:14 Easton
  • Jeremiah 26:4–9 Easton
  • Jeremiah 41:5–9 Nave 2. City of Ephraim, north of Beth-el, and on the highway from Beth-el to Shechem — Devoted men from, killed by Ishmael

In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references

Generally understood as denoting the Messiah, “the peaceful one,” as the word signifies (Gen. 49:10). The Vulgate Version translates the word, “he who is to be sent,” in allusion to the Messiah; the Revised Version, margin, “till he come to Shiloh;” and the LXX., “until that which is his shall come to Shiloh.” It is most simple and natural to render the expression, as in the Authorized Version, “till Shiloh come,” interpreting it as a proper name (comp. Isa. 9:6).

Shiloh, a place of rest, a city of Ephraim, “on the north side of Bethel,” from which it is distant 10 miles (Judg. 21:19); the modern Seilun (the Arabic for Shiloh), a “mass of shapeless ruins.” Here the tabernacle was set up after the Conquest (Josh. 18:1-10), where it remained during all the period of the judges till the ark fell into the hands of the Philistines. “No spot in Central Palestine could be more secluded than this early sanctuary, nothing more featureless than the landscape around; so featureless, indeed, the landscape and so secluded the spot that from the time of St. Jerome till its re-discovery by Dr. Robinson in 1838 the very site was forgotten and unknown.” It is referred to by Jeremiah (7:12, 14; 26:4-9) five hundred years after its destruction.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 9 references
(place of rest), a city of Ephraim. In (Judges 21:19) it is said that Shiloh is "on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem and on the south of Lebonah." In agreement with this the traveller of our own city, going north from Jerusalem, lodges the first night at Beitin , the ancient Bethel; the next day, at the distance of a few hours, turns aside to the right, in order to visit Seilun , the Arabic for Shiloh; and then passing through the narrow wady which brings him to the main road, leaves el-Lebban , the Lebonah of Scripture, on the left, as he pursues "the highway" to Nublus , the ancient Shechem. [SHECHEM] Shiloh was one of the earliest and most sacred of the Hebrew sanctuaries. The ark of the covenant, which had been kept at Gilgal during the progress of the conquest, (Joshua 17:1) seq., was removed thence on the subjugation of the country, and kept at Shiloh from the last days of Joshua to the time of Samuel. (Joshua 18:10; Judges 18:31; 1 Samuel 4:3) It was here the Hebrew conqueror divided among the tribes the portion of the west Jordan region which had not been already allotted. (Joshua 18:10; 19:51) In this distribution, or an earlier one, Shiloh fell within the limits of Ephraim. (Joshua 16:5) The ungodly conduct of the sons of Eli occasioned the loss of the ark of the covenant, which had been carried into battle against the Philistines, and Shiloh from that time sank into insignificance. It stands forth in the Jewish history as a striking example of the divine indignation. (Jeremiah 7:12)

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 23 references, grouped by sub-topic

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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