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Shiloh
Facts:
Shiloh was a walled Canaanite city that was conquered by the Israelites under the leadership of Joshua.
- The city of Shiloh was located west of the Jordan River and northeast of the city of Bethel.
- During the time that Joshua was leading Israel, the city of Shiloh was a meeting place for the people of Israel.
- The twelve tribes of Israel met together at Shiloh to hear Joshua tell them which portion of the land of Canaan had been assigned to each of them.
- Before any temple was built in Jerusalem, Shiloh was the place where the Israelites came to sacrifice to God.
- When Samuel was a young boy, his mother Hannah took him to live in Shiloh to be trained by the priest Eli to serve Yahweh.
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(See also: bethel, dedicate, hannah, jerusalem, jordanriver, priest, sacrifice, samuel, temple)