SHALISHAH, LAND OF shə’ lĭ shə (אֶֽרֶצ־שָׁלִ֖שָׁה, The Land of the Third; LXX, A ἡ γῆ Σαλισσά, The Land of Salissa; KJV SHALISHA). A region through which Saul passed (1 Sam 9:4). Perhaps the same region as referred to in “Baal-shalishah” (q.v., 2 Kings 4:42). “Baal-shalisha” could refer to a local shrine to the god or “Baal” of the region. The Biblical passages are too vague to suggest any probable identification. However, Eusebius and Jerome refer to a Bethsalisa, i.e. Beth-shalisha, N of Lydda. Condor then identified the site with Khirbet Kefr Thilth in that region, since “thilth” is etymologically related to “shalishah.”