Shiloh] a town of Ephraim, in a central position, chosen by Joshua as the restingplace of the ark and for the Tabernacle. It was a considerable place in the time of the Judges (Judges 21:19; Judges 21:21). Its fall into idolatry was followed by loss of the ark (1 Samuel 4) and subsequent captare and cruel treatment (Psalms 78:58.) Thenceforward it became insignificant, so that Jeroboam, when setting up calves for his rival worship, passed it by.

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