Central hill country (Ephraim) · Old Testament · 31 verses
Shiloh was a town in the hill country of Ephraim that became the central sanctuary of Israel. The tabernacle was set up there. The name appears in Genesis, Joshua, Judges and 4 more in the King James text.
About Shiloh
Shiloh was a town in the hill country of Ephraim that became the central sanctuary of Israel. The tabernacle was set up there.
Its place in the story
At Shiloh the tent of meeting stood and the land was divided among the tribes, and there Hannah prayed and Samuel served as a boy under Eli. The ark was later taken from Shiloh into battle and captured by the Philistines.
Shiloh in Scripture (KJV)
“The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.”
“And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.”
“And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.”
“These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.”
“And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.”
“And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.”
Shiloh was a town in the hill country of Ephraim that became the central sanctuary of Israel. The tabernacle was set up there. The name appears in Genesis, Joshua, Judges and 4 more in the King James text.
What happened at Shiloh?
At Shiloh the tent of meeting stood and the land was divided among the tribes, and there Hannah prayed and Samuel served as a boy under Eli. The ark was later taken from Shiloh into battle and captured by the Philistines.