HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1190
בַּ֫עַל שָׁלִשָׁה
ba.al sha.li.shah — Baal-shalishah
§ Baal-shalisha = "thrice-great lord" a place in Ephraim near Gilgal
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Baal-shalisha
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Historical dictionary entry
Lord of Shalisha, a place from which a man came with provisions for Elisha, apparently not far from Gilgal (2 Kings 4:42). It has been identified with Sirisia, 13 miles north of Lydda.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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