Chesulloth
כְּסֻלּוֹת/ke-SUL-oth/
“Loins or flanks”
Summary
A city in the territory of Issachar, near the border with Zebulun, probably the same as Chisloth-Tabor.
☩Location and Identity
Chesulloth was a city in the tribal allotment of Issachar, mentioned between Jezreel and Shunem near the tribal border. It is probably identical with Chisloth-Tabor mentioned in Joshua 19:12 and the simple 'Tabor' of 1 Chronicles 6:77. The name may derive from a Hebrew root meaning 'loins' or 'flanks,' suggesting the city's position on the slope of a hill. The site is identified with the modern village of Iksal on the northern edge of the Plain of Esdraelon, about three miles west of Mount Tabor.
Key verses:Joshua 19:18
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Chesulloth," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. II (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Chesulloth," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Chesulloth," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).
- 4.George Morrish, "Chesulloth," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).