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SHILOH , a See also:

town of See also:Ephraim, where the See also:sanctuary of the See also:ark was, under the priesthood of the See also:house of See also:Eli. According to r Sam. iii. 3, 15, this sanctuary was not a See also:tabernacle but a See also:temple, with doors. But the priestly narrator of Josh. xviii. r has it that the tabernacle was set up there by See also:Joshua after the See also:conquest. In See also:Judges xxi. 19 seq. the yearly feast at Shiloh appears as of merely See also:local See also:character. The sanctuary at Shiloh seems to have been destroyed, probably by the See also:Philistines after the See also:battle of Ebenezer; cf. See also:Jeremiah vii. 12 seq. The position described in Judges, loc. cit., gives certainty to the See also:identification with the See also:modern Seilun lying some 2 m. E.S.E. of See also:Khan Labban (Lebonah), on the road from See also:Bethel to See also:Shechem. Here there is a ruined See also:village, on an See also:elevation protected by lofty hills on three sides, and open only towards the See also:south, offering a strong position, which suggests that the See also:place was a stronghold as well as a sanctuary.

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land surrounds the See also:hill. The name Seilun corresponds to Eekovv in See also:Josephus. LXX. has Er7Xw, E17kcola. The forms given in the See also:Hebrew See also:Bible (n5,v, 15'v) have dropped the final consonant, which reappears in the See also:adjective 'nn5'v.

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