Salcah
“Migration”
Summary
A city at the extreme eastern limit of Bashan, one of the old capitals of Og's kingdom, now identified with Sulkhad at the southern end of Jebel Hauran.
☩Biblical References
Salcah marked the extreme eastern limit of Bashan and was one of the capitals of Og's kingdom before Israel's conquest. It appears to have been on the eastern confines of both Manasseh and Gad, though technically beyond the bounds of Palestine proper. The name derives from an Arabic root signifying 'migration.'
☩Modern Identification
Salcah is identified with modern Sulkhad (or Sarkhad), which stands at the southern extremity of Jebel Hauran, twenty miles south of Kunawat. The town occupies a commanding position on a volcanic cone, with a large castle on the summit surrounded by a deep moat. Below the town the great Euphrates desert stretches to the Persian Gulf. Many houses with stone roofs and doors remain intact though long deserted, silent witnesses to former population and prosperity.
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Salcah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.John McClintock and James Strong, "Salcah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 3.John McClintock and James Strong, "Salcah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 4.John McClintock and James Strong, "Salcah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 5.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Salcah," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).