Baal-Shalishah
Baal-Shalishah
BAAL-SHALISHAH (2Ki 4:42).An unknown site, probably somewhere in Mt. Ephraim.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Baal-Shalishah
ba-al-shali-sha, ba-al-sha-lesha , (baal shalshah; , Baithsarisa): Whence a man came to Gilgal with first-fruits (2Ki 4:42) was probably not far from the latter place. According to the Talmud (Sanh. 12a) the fruits of the earth nowhere ripened so quickly. It is called by Eusebius Baithsarith (Jerome Bethsalisa), and located 15 miles North of Diospolis (Lydda). Khirbet Sirsia almost exactly fits this description. Gilgal (Jiljulieh) lies in the plain about 4 1/2 miles to the Northwest Khirbet Kefr Thilth, 3 1/2 miles farther north, has also been suggested. The Arabic Thilth exactly corresponds to the Hebrew Shalshah.