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Taanath-Shiloh
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ta'-a-nath-shi'-lo (breaking down a fig-tree,
approach to Shiloh)
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
approach to Shiloh, A place on the border of Ephraim
( Joshua
16:6 ), probably the modern T'ana, a ruin 7 miles south-east of Shechem, on
the ridge east of the Mukhnah plain.
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
breaking down a fig-tree
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(approach to Shiloh) A place named once only -- ( Joshua
16:6 ) --as one of the landmarks of the boundary of Ephraim. Perhaps Taanath
was the ancient Canaanite name of the place, and Shiloh the Hebrew name.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ta'-a-nath-shi'-lo (ta'-anath shiloh; Codex Vaticanus
Thenasa kai Sellesa, Tenathselo):
A town on the border of the territory of Ephraim named between Michmethath and
Janoah (Joshua
16:6). According to Eusebius, Onomasticon (s.v. "Thena") 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 (Joshua
16:5). It may be identified with Ta'na, a village about 7 miles Southeast
of Nablus. Yanun, the ancient Janoah, lies 2 miles to the South. A Roman road
from Neapolis to the Jordan valley passed this way. At Ta'na 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, Meghillah, i).
W. Ewing
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