Difference between revisions of "Shilonite"

<p> [some Shilo'nite] (Heb. with the art. hash-Shiloni', הִשַּׁילוֹנֵי [&nbsp;2 Chronicles 9:29], השַּׁלוֹנַי [&nbsp;2 Chronicles 10:15], הִשַּׁילֹנַי [&nbsp;1 Kings 11:29; &nbsp;1 Kings 12:15; &nbsp;1 Kings 15:29; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:5 (A. V. "the Shilonites")], or הִשַּׁלֹנַי [&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:5; A. V. "Shiloni"]; Sept. ὁ Σηλωνίτης; but in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:5, ὁ Σηλωνί '';''' in &nbsp;Nehemiah 1:5, Δηλωνέ v. r. ᾿Ηλωνί and Σηλωνί ), a patrial or patronymic, used for two classes of persons. </p> <p> '''1.''' A native or resident of Shiloh-a title ascribed only to Ahijah, the prophet who foretold to [[Jeroboam]] the disruption of the northern and southern kingdoms (&nbsp;1 Kings 11:29; &nbsp;1 Kings 12:15; &nbsp;1 Kings 15:29; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 9:29 j 10:15). Its connection with Shiloh is fixed by &nbsp;1 Kings 14:2; &nbsp;1 Kings 14:4, which shows that that sacred spot was still the residence of the prophet. (See [[Shiloh]]). </p> <p> '''2.''' A descendant of Shelah, the youngest son of Judah a title that occurs (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:5) in a passage giving an account (like &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:3-6) of the families of Judah who lived in [[Jerusalem]] at the date to which it refers, and (like that) it divides them into the great houses of [[Pharez]] and Shelah. The same family are mentioned among the descendants of Judah dwelling in Jerusalem at a date difficult to fix (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:5). They are doubtless the members of the house who in the [[Pentateuch]] (&nbsp;Numbers 26:20) are more accurately designated SHELANITES (See [[Shelanites]]) (q.v.). This is supported by the reading of the [[Targum]] [[Joseph]] on the passage "the tribe of Shelah," and is allowed by Gesenius. The change of ''Shellani To Shiloni'' is the same which seems to have occurred in the name of Siloam-Shelach in Nehemiah and Shiloach in Isaiah. (See [[Shelah]]). </p>