Shiloh (biblical city)
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 Shown within the West Bank
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| Location | Samaria |
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| Coordinates | 32°03′20″N 35°17′22″E / 32.055556°N 35.289528°E |
Shiloh (Heb: שִׁלוֹ ,שִׁילֹה ,שִׁלֹה, and שִׁילוֹ variably) was an ancient city in Samaria mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It has been positively identified with modern Khirbet Seilun, a tell or archaeological mound, dubbed in Modern Hebrew Tel Shiloh. It is located near modern Shilo, south of ancient Tirzah and 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Beth El.
Shiloh was the major Israelite cultic centre before the first Temple was built in Jerusalem.
The meaning of the word "Shiloh" is unclear. Sometimes it is translated as a Messianic title that means He Whose It Is or as Pacific, Pacificator or Tranquility that refers to the Samaritan Pentateuch. Regardless, the name of Shiloh the town is derived from שלה (shala) and may be translated as Tranquility Town (or Fair Haven or Pleasantville).
Mentioned in the time of the Genesis (Gen. 49:10), Book of Joshua and Judges, Shiloh is situated north of Bethel, east of the Bethel–Shechem highway, and south of Lebonah in the hill-country of Ephraim (Judg. 21:19). Shiloh was identified unambiguously with Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh) by American philologist E. Robinson in 1838. The location had been established long before by the Roman writer Eusebius, and by Nestorius ha-Parhi.
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