Shiloh

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Shiloh is an ancient Israelite religious center in the hill country of Ephraim, historically significant as an early sanctuary and gathering place for the tribes of Israel.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shiloh canonical 11
Shiloh battlefield 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
biblical location
archaeologicalExcavationsBy Danish expedition under Hans Kjaer
Israel Finkelstein
Israelite Antiquities Authority missions
associatedWithEvent allocation of the land among the tribes
annual religious festivals
assembly of the tribes of Israel
associatedWithPerson Eli
surface form: Eli the priest

Samuel
associatedWithTribe tribe of Ephraim
tribes of Israel collectively
coordinateLocation 31.94°N 35.29°E
country State of Palestine
floruit 2nd millennium BCE
early 1st millennium BCE
governedBy priests of the house of Eli (in biblical tradition)
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceOf destruction layer in Iron Age I
hasArchaeologicalFeature cultic installations
fortification remains
pillared buildings
storage jars and silos
hasFunctionInText pilgrimage site in biblical narrative
hasHeritageStatus archaeological park
hasRole Israelite sanctuary
gathering place for tribes of Israel
religious center
housed Ark of the Covenant
Tabernacle
languageOfName Hebrew
locatedIn central highlands of Samaria
surface form: central highlands of ancient Israel

hill country of Ephraim
region of Samaria
mentionedIn Book of Joshua
Judges
surface form: Book of Judges

1 Samuel
surface form: First Book of Samuel

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
nameInHebrew שִׁלֹה
nameTransliteration Shiloh self-link
nearbyModernLocality Kafr Turmus Aya
modern Israeli settlement of Shilo
religion ancient Israelite religion
servedAs central sanctuary of Israel
religious capital of Israel before Jerusalem
timePeriod Iron Age I
Late Bronze Age

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ark of the Covenant keptAt Shiloh
Yahwism cultCenter Shiloh
prophet Samuel in the Hebrew Bible servedAt Shiloh
subject surface form: Samuel
tribe of Ephraim territoryIncludes Shiloh
subject surface form: Tribe of Ephraim
tribe of Ephraim religiousCenter Shiloh
subject surface form: Tribe of Ephraim
Hornet's Nest locatedIn Shiloh
this entity surface form: Shiloh battlefield
Shiloh nameTransliteration Shiloh self-link
Biblical places hasExample Shiloh