Shalishah or Baal-Shalisha is a place of uncertain identification mentioned in the
Book of Kings (2 Kings 4:42) and the
Talmud (
Sanhedrin 12a).
Baal-Shalisha is translated as "lord or master of three things", or "the third idol, the third husband; or, that governs or presides over three" (''
Baal''=lord/master; ''Shalisha''="three things", "third", or "three").
[Fleming, 1838]
place name is preserved in the Arabic language">Arabic name of the modern village of Kafr Thulth">Place names of Palestine">place name is preserved in the Arabic language">Arabic name of the modern village of Kafr Thulth.[Freedman et al., 2000]
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According to Eusebius and Jerome, Baal-Shalisha was located 15 (Roman) miles north of Diopolis (Lod, Lydda).[ Eusebius identified it with Bathsarisa. Another candidate for Shalishah is [ erisiyyah, a now ruinous location west of Mount Ephraim, and yet another possibility is Khurbet Kefr Thulth (with Arabic ''Thulth'' comparable to the Hebrew ''Shalisha'')][Conder and Kitchener 1881, SWP II, p. ]285
The year 285 ( CCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the "Year of the Consulship of Carinus and Aurelius" (or, less frequently, "year ...
which is roughly northeast of there. The Talmud identifies it as the earliest place each year for fruits to ripen.
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