SHILOH  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• EPHRAIM

Ephraim, where the See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary of the See also:

• ARK (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Arche, adapted from the Lat. area, chest, cf. arcere, to shut up, enclose)„ a chest, basket or box. The Hebrew word tebah, translated in the' A.V. by " ark," is used in the Old Testament (1)

ark was, under the priesthood of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• ELI (Hebrew for "high"? i Sam. chaps. i.-iv.)

Eli . According to r Sam. iii . 3, 15, this sanctuary was not a See also:

• TABERNACLE
• TABERNACLE (Lat. tabernaculum, a hut, tent)

tabernacle but a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple, with doors . But the priestly narrator of Josh. xviii. r has it that the tabernacle was set up there by See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua after the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest . In See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

Judges xxi . 19 seq. the yearly feast at Shiloh appears as of merely See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . The sanctuary at Shiloh seems to have been destroyed, probably by the See also:

• PHILISTINES

Philistines after the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Ebenezer; cf . See also:

• JEREMIAH

Jeremiah vii . 12 seq . The position described in Judges, loc. cit., gives certainty to the See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification with the See also:

• MODERN

modern Seilun lying some 2 m . E.S.E. of See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan Labban (Lebonah), on the road from See also:

• BETHEL (Heb. " House of God ")

Bethel to See also:

• SHECHEM (mod. Nablus)

Shechem . Here there is a ruined See also:

• VILLAGE

village, on an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation protected by lofty hills on three sides, and open only towards the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, offering a strong position, which suggests that the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was a stronghold as well as a sanctuary .

Fertile See also:

• LAND

land surrounds the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill . The name Seilun corresponds to Eekovv in See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus . LXX. has Er7Xw, E17kcola . The forms given in the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible (n5,v, 15'v) have dropped the final consonant, which reappears in the See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective 'nn5'v .