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Salcah

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

In the Bible

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Verses where Salcah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 5:11

    The descendants of Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:

  • Joshua 12:5

    He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

  • Joshua 13:11

    also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—

Scripture on Salcah

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Entries that reference Salcah

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Salcah references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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