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tā´a-nath-shı̄´loÌ„ (תּ×× ×ª ש×לה, ta'ănath shiloÌ„h; Codex Vaticanus Θηνασὰ καὶ ΣελλησαÌ, TheÌ„nasaÌ kaÄ±Ì SelleÌ„saÌ, ΤηναθσηλωÌ, TeÌ„nathseÌ„loÌ„Ì): A town on the border of the territory of Ephraim named between Michmethath and Janoah (). According to Eusebius, Onomasticon (s.v. “Thenaâ€) it lay about 10 Roman miles East of Neapolis, on the road to the Jordan. Ptolemy speaks of Thena, probably the same place, as a town in Samaria (-10 :16, 5). It may be identified with Ta‛naÌ„, a village about 7 miles Southeast of NaÌ„blus. YaÌ„nuÌ„n, the ancient Janoah, lies 2 miles to the South. A Roman road from Neapolis to the Jordan valley passed this way. At Ta‛naÌ„ there are “foundations, caves, cisterns and rockcut tombs†(PEFM, II, 245). This identification being quite satisfactory, the Talmudic notion that Taanath-shiloh was the same place as Shiloh may be dismissed (Jerusalem Talmud, MeghillaÌ„h, i).