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Shiloh

Modern Khirbet Seilun, West Bank
Coordinates 32.0556, 35.2898
Era Conquest and the Judges

The tabernacle stood here for roughly 300 years before the temple was built. Hannah prayed for Samuel here; the ark was taken from here by the Philistines and never returned. Jeremiah later cited its destruction as a warning to Jerusalem.

Key verses

  • Joshua 18:1
  • 1 Samuel 1:3
  • 1 Samuel 4:3
  • Jeremiah 7:12-14
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