Chesulloth

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Or CHISLOTH-TABOR, a town on the border of Zebulun and Issachar, about four miles west of mount marks its site, together with numerous excavated tombs, Joshua 19:12,18,22 1 Chronicles 6:62 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Joshua 19:18

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

In Issachar ( Joshua 19:18). The Xaloth of Josephus. ("the loins"), probably therefore on a hill slope.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Joshua 19:18 Joshua 19:12

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

CHESULLOTH ( Joshua 19:18 ). The same as Chisloth-tabor , Joshua 19:12 . A place on the border of Zebulun. Now the ruin Iksâl at the foot of the Nazareth hills, in the fertile plain W. of Tabor.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

A border town of Issachar. Joshua 19:18 . Identified with Iksal , 32 41' N, 35 19' E . Probably the same as CHISLOTH-TABOR in Joshua 19:12 , and TABOR in 1 Chronicles 6:77 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Chesul'loth. (the loins). One of the towns of Issachar. Joshua 19:18. From its position in the lists, it appears to be between Jezreel and Shunem ( Salam).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ke -sul´ōth ( הכּסלּות , ha - keṣullōth  ; B, Χασαλώθ , Chasalō̇th , A, Αχεσαλώθ , Achesalō̇th ): A town on the border of Zebulun ( Joshua 19:18 ), the same as Chisloth-tabor ( Joshua 19:12 ). It is represented by the modern village Iksāl on the northern edge of Esdraelon, circa 3 miles West of Mt. Tabor.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews with the article hak-Kesulloth ´, הִכְּסֻלּוֹת, the hopes [or, according to some, the loins, from its position on the "flank" or slope of the mountain; comp. Chesil, Chesalon, etc.]; Sept. Χασελώθ v. r. Χασαλώθ ) , a city of the tribe of Issachar, mentioned between Jezreel and Shunem, apparently near the border ( Joshua 19:18). It is probably the same with CHISLOTH-TABOR (See Chisloth-Tabor) (q.v.) of Joshua 19:12, and the simple TABOR of 1 Chronicles 6:77; the modern Iksal (Robinson's Researches, 3:182; comp. Schwarz, Palest. p. 166). Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. Ἀχελέθωθ, Accheseluth; Χασελοῦς , Chaselus) describe it as still extant under the same name ( Χεαλοῦς, Chasalus).