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Salcah

Salcah in the Topics

Wandering, a city of Bashan assigned to the half tribe of Manasseh (Deut 3:10; Josh 12:5; Josh 13:11), identified with Salkhad, about 56 miles east of Jordan.

Named in the Bible

2 verses

  • Joshua 12:5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
  • Joshua 13:11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.

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