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Nazareth April 28th 1839David Roberts (artist), Louis Haghe (lithographer) · 1842

Baal Shalisha

בַּעַל שָׁלִשָׁה/BAY-uhl shuh-LYE-shuh/

“Lord of Shalisha”

Summary

A town in the district of Shalisha from which a man brought provisions to Elisha.

☩Biblical Reference

Baal Shalisha was located in the district of Shalisha, apparently not far from Gilgal. A man from this place brought twenty loaves of barley bread and fresh ears of grain to Elisha during a famine, which the prophet miraculously multiplied to feed a hundred men with some left over.

Key verses:2 Kings 4:42-441 Samuel 9:4

Related Verses2 mentions

1 Samuel· 1 verse

9:4

2 Kings· 1 verse

4:42

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Baal-shalisha," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.George Morrish, "Baalshalisha," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).