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Baal-Shalishah
Holman Bible Dictionary
(bay' uhl-sshal' ih' sshah) Place name meaning, “Baal of Shalishah” or “lord of Shalishah.” Home of unnamed man who brought firstfruits to Elisha, who used them to feed a hundred men (2 Kings 4:42-44 ). The “land of Shalishah” was evidently in the tribal territory of Ephraim (1 Samuel 9:4 ). Baal-shalishah may be modern Kefr Thilth, twenty miles southwest of Shechem. See Shalishah.
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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Baal-Shalishah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/b/baal-shalishah.html. 1991.