Fausset Bible Dictionary: Shalisha

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Fausset Bible Dictionary: Shalisha


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. Between Mount Ephraim and Shalim. Keil makes Shalisha the country round Baal-Shalishah (), 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.