Sacred Atlas

Bible Place Guide

Shiloh in the Bible

Tabernacle center before Jerusalem and setting of Samuel's early story. See Scripture references, modern location, confidence level, and source attribution from Sacred Atlas.

Modern locationHill country north of Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories / West Bank
ConfidenceHigh
Scripture refs24

High confidence

Modern identification

Khirbet Seilun - Hill country north of Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories / West Bank

Coordinates32.0557, 35.2895
Kindsettlement
Claims7
Sources3

Scripture anchors

Joshua 18:11 Samuel 11 Samuel 3Gen 49:10Josh 18:1Josh 18:8Josh 18:9Josh 18:10Josh 19:51Josh 21:2Josh 22:9Josh 22:12Judg 18:31Judg 21:12Judg 21:19Judg 21:211 Sam 1:31 Sam 1:91 Sam 1:241 Sam 2:141 Sam 3:211 Sam 4:31 Sam 4:41 Sam 4:12

Why this place is in the atlas

Tabernacle center before Jerusalem and setting of Samuel's early story.

Claim ledger

names[0].value Shiloh Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
summary.en Tabernacle center before Jerusalem and setting of Samuel's early story. Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
foreignKeys[0] ancientId: aa4680a, urlSlug: shiloh, friendlyId: Shiloh OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - High
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 32.055703, longitude: 35.289536, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - High
identifications[0].modernRegion Hill country north of Jerusalem Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - High
scriptureReferences Joshua 18:1, 1 Samuel 1, 1 Samuel 3, Gen 49:10 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High
temporalScopes Conquest/settlement, Judges and early Samuel Sacred Atlas Editorial Review - CC-BY-4.0 - Medium