Shilonite (Hastings' Dictionary)

Gentilic name from Shiloh (which see ad init. p. 449-''). It is applied in the UT to 1. AlllJAH (see vol. i. p. 56'). 2. A Judaliite family, settled at Jerusalem after the Exile, Neh IP (Av wrongly Shiloni), 1 Ch 9°. In these last two passages we should prob. read 'iha Slulanite (cf. Nu 20-°), i.e. descendant of Shelah, one of the sons of Judah.

The LXX readings are : B ilr/Xu- odT-n, (IK 11=» 12i» 15-^ 2Ch 9'^ 10">), ^T/Xui-cJ (1 Ch 9'), AtjXui-^ (Neh 11") ; A (in the same three groups of passages, respectively) SijXoij'tTijs, Sj/XwW, 'UXuW ; Luc. (in Neh IP) 'Z-qXai/d. SHILSHAH (n\i'')v ; BA ZaKturi, Luc. ZeXe/urdi-).— An Asherile, 1 Ch 7".