Shiloh
Shiloh was an ancient city and sanctuary in ancient Israel now located in the West Bank. According to the Hebrew Bible, Shiloh was one of the main centers of Israelite worship during the pre-monarchic period, before the First Temple in Jerusalem was built.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Biblical city
- Also known as: “Ancient Shiloh”, “Kh. Seilun”, “Khirbat Saylun”, “Khirbat Saylūn”, “Khirbat Seilun”, “Seilun, Kh.”, “Shiloh, Tell”, “Tel Shilo”, “Tel Šilo”, “Tell Shiloh”, “Шило”, “שילה במקרא”, “שילו”, and “תל שילה”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shiloh and Qaryut.
Shiloh
- Categories: ancient city, tell, archaeological site, biblical place, tourism, and historic site
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.05571° or 32° 3′ 21″ north
Longitude
35.28986° or 35° 17′ 24″ east
Elevation
701 metres (2,300 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q374Q+7W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Shiloh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خربة سيلون”
- Arabic: “سيلون”
- Asturian: “Shiloh”
- Basque: “Silo”
- Catalan: “Siló”
- Chinese: “示罗”
- Chinese: “示羅”
- Czech: “Šílo”
- Danish: “Shilo”
- Dutch: “Silo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شيلوه”
- Esperanto: “Ŝilo”
- Finnish: “Silo”
- French: “Silo”
- German: “Silo”
- Greek: “Σηλώ”
- Hebrew: “שילה הקדומה”
- Hebrew: “שילה”
- Hungarian: “Siló”
- Indonesian: “Silo, Kanaan”
- Indonesian: “Silo”
- Irish: “Shiloh”
- Italian: “Silo”
- Japanese: “シロ”
- Korean: “실로”
- Ladino: “Silo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjilo”
- Norwegian: “Sjilo”
- Persian: “شیلو (شهر کتاب مقدس)”
- Persian: “شیلو”
- Polish: “Szilo”
- Portuguese: “Siló”
- Russian: “Силом”
- Slovenian: “Šilo”
- Spanish: “Silo”
- Swahili: “Shilo”
- Swedish: “Shilo”
- Ukrainian: “Шіло”
- Urdu: “شیلوہ (بائبل کا شہر)”
- Urdu: “شیلوہ”
- Vietnamese: “Shiloh”
- Yiddish: “שילה”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Shilo and HaYovel.
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Places to explore: גבעת הקטורת and Shilo B.
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