shalisha Summary and Overview

SHAL'ISHA , LAND OF (triangular), a district near Mount Ephraim. 1 Sam 9:4. In it, perhaps, the city of Baal-shalisha was situated. 2 Kgs 4:42. Eusebius and Jerome place it about 15 Roman miles north of Lydda. Perhaps near Thilth. See Baal-shalisha.

1 Samuel 9:4. Between Mount Ephraim and Shalim. Keil makes Shalisha the country round Baal-Shalishah (2 Kings 4:42), 2 Kings 4:15 Roman miles N. of Diospolis (Lydda); according to Eusebius (Onom.) probably the country W. of Jiljilia where three wadies run into the one called Kurawa, from whence came the name Shalisha , i.e. threeland. There are ruins, Sirisia, Salita, Shilta, and Kefr thilth, all modifications of the Hebrew shalish "three." In the shephelah.