Salecah
Salecah was a city in the region of Bashan, east of the Jordan River, associated with the kingdoms of Og and Sihon.
PlaceOld Testament3 books4 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Deuteronomy 3:10; referred to as Salecah or Salecah (סַלְכָה).
Location
- Identified as
- Salkhad
- Certainty
- Likely (72% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 32.494° N, 36.711° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- סַלְכָהSalecah
Mentions
- …all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.
- He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
- …also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
- The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah: