Shalishah


Shalishah or Baal-Shalisha is a place mentioned in the Book of Kings and the Talmud.
Baal-Shalisha is translated as "lord or master of three things", or "the third idol, the third husband; or, that governs or presides over three". This ancient Place [names of Palestine|place name] is thought to be preserved in the Arabic name of the modern village of Kafr Thulth. The Greek Septuagint calls the same place in 2 Kings 4:32 by the name Beit Sarisa.
According to Eusebius and Jerome, Baal-Shalisha was located 15 miles north of Diospolis. Eusebius identified it with Baithsarisa, the ancient Biblical village believed to have been located to the south of Kafr Thulth at a site known in modern times as Khirbat Sirisya. Another possibility is Khurbet Kefr Thulth which is roughly northeast of there. The Jerusalem Talmud identifies it as the earliest place each year for fruits to ripen.