Shalisha
“Triangle”
Summary
A district traversed by Saul when searching for his father's lost donkeys, probably located on the western slope of Mount Ephraim.
☩Biblical Reference
The 'land of Shalisha' was a district through which Saul passed when searching for the lost donkeys of his father Kish. It lay between 'Mount Ephraim' and the 'land of Shaalim,' though precise boundaries cannot be determined because the extent of Mount Ephraim is uncertain.
☩Location
If Shalisha contained Baal-shalisha (from which a man brought firstfruits to Elisha), it would be located about fifteen Roman miles north of Lydda. The name may mean 'triangle' or 'threeland,' perhaps referring to three wadies running into one. Conder proposed identifying it with Kefr Thilth, a ruined village on the western slope of Mount Ephraim.
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Shalisha," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.John McClintock and James Strong, "Shalisha," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 3.James Orr (ed.), "Shalishah, Land of," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. IV (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 4.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Shalisha," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).