One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Shiloh. Every Shiloh in the Bible
place · also Shilonite
Shiloh
שִׁלוֹ
Shiloh was an important Israelite sanctuary and assembly point during the period of the judges, where the tabernacle was set up and the land was allotted to the tribes (Josh. 18:1, 8-10; 1Sam. 1:3, 9, 24; 2:14; 3:21; Jer. 7:12, 14).
- verses
- 36
- first named
- Joshua 18:1
- last named
- Jeremiah 41:5
- feature
- settlement
- coordinates
- 32.06°N · 35.29°E
Khirbet Seilun (OpenBible)
The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.
Description
Shiloh in the text
Shiloh was an important religious center and assembly point for the Israelites during the period of the judges. After the conquest of Canaan, the tabernacle was set up at Shiloh, and it served as the central place of worship for the nation (Josh. 18:1; 19:51). It was at Shiloh that the land was allotted to the tribes of Israel (Josh. 18:8-10; 21:2) and where the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh were dismissed to their territories east of the Jordan (Josh. 22:9, 12).
During the time of the judges, Shiloh continued to be a significant religious site. The tabernacle remained at Shiloh throughout this period (Judg. 18:31), and annual festivals were held there (Judg. 21:19, 21). It was at Shiloh that Hannah prayed for a son and dedicated Samuel to the Lord's service (1Sam. 1:3, 9, 24). The priest Eli and his sons ministered at the tabernacle in Shiloh (1Sam. 2:14; 3:21; 4:3, 4, 12), and the Ark of the Covenant was kept there until it was captured by the Philistines (1Sam. 4:3, 4).
Shiloh's importance declined after the Ark was taken and the tabernacle was destroyed (Ps. 78:60; Jer. 7:12, 14; 26:6, 9). The prophet Ahijah, who prophesied the division of the kingdom, was from Shiloh (1Ki. 11:29; 14:2, 4). The town was eventually destroyed, and its ruins served as a warning against disobedience to God (Jer. 7:12, 14; 26:6, 9).
Shiloh's significance in the biblical narrative lies in its role as a religious and political center during the formative years of Israel's history. Its central location in the hill country of Ephraim made it a convenient meeting place for the tribes and a symbol of their unity under the worship of the Lord.
Relations
Direct connections
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The pattern
Where Shiloh is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
36 verses across 8 of 66 books; 58 write the name nowhere. Named in Joshua (8), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (9), 1 Kings (6), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (2), Psalms (1) and Jeremiah (5).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 36, across 8 books. The name is written 38 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
What happened here
Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Joshua 18Shiloh received the Tent of Meeting and became the place where the surveyors returned and the lots were cast.
- Joshua 22Shiloh received the departing eastern tribes and then the whole congregation of Israel assembled there for war.
- Judges 21Shiloh held the yearly feast whose dancing women became the intended brides of Benjamin.
- 1 Samuel 1Shiloh received Elkanah’s yearly worship and sacrifice, Hannah’s prayer, and Samuel’s dedication.
- 1 Samuel 3At Shiloh, the LORD continues to appear and reveals Himself to Samuel by His word.
- 1 Samuel 4Shiloh sent out the ark and received the battered messenger from the battle.
- Jeremiah 7Shiloh was the former dwelling place of the LORD’s Name, and its fate became a warning to the house in Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 41Shiloh was one of the places from which the mourning men came bearing offerings.
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