Topic
Shilonite
7 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 11:29Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. A man of Shiloh
And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
- 1 Chronicles 9:5Easton · ISBE · Nave 2. Used, apparently, to denote a descendant of Shelah
And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
- 1 Kings 15:29Easton · Nave 1. A man of Shiloh
And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
- 2 Chronicles 9:29ISBE · Nave 1. A man of Shiloh
¶ Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
- 2 Chronicles 10:15ISBE · Nave 1. A man of Shiloh
So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- 1 Kings 12:15Nave 1. A man of Shiloh
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
- Nehemiah 11:5ISBE
And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Ahijah the prophet, whose home was in Shiloh, is so designated (1 Kings 11:29; 15:29). The plural form occurs (1 Chr. 9:5), denoting the descendants of Shelah, Judah’s youngest son.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
shi'-lo-nit (shiloni (2Ch 9:29), shiloni (2Ch 10:15; Ne 11:5), Shilowniy; Selonei, Seloneites): This denotes an inhabitant of Shiloh, and applies (1) to Ahijah the prophet (1Ki 11:29, etc.); and (2) to a family of the children of Judah, who, after the exile, made their home in Jerusalem (1Ch 9:5; Ne 11:5, the King James Version "Shiloni").
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); 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.