Shalishah

Shalishah was a region Saul and his servant passed through while searching for his father's lost donkeys.
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Summary

A location near Gibeon only mentioned at 1 Samuel 9:4; only referred to as Shalishah (שָׁלִ֫שָׁה).

Location

Identified as
about 15 km around Baal-shalishah
Certainty
Possible (60% of scholarship)
Coordinates
32.153° N, 35.044° E
Shalishah
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Glossary entries

Shalisha, Shalishah

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.