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 Definition: [n]  the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory
 
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 Synonyms: battle of Pittsburgh Landing, battle of Shiloh
 
 See Also: American Civil War, pitched battle, Tennessee, TN, Volunteer State, War between the States

 

 

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Shiloh
Eleven-year-old Marty is disappointed that he can`t keep the beagle he finds on the schoolhouse road, especially when he finds out the dog belongs to Judd Travers, a man known to be mean to his dogs. When the dog runs away to Marty`s house, Marty is sure he is meant to keep the animal. His parents insist that he must return the beagle to Judd, but Marty is determined to keep him--no matter what the consequences. Winner of the 1992 Newbery Medal.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
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\Shi"loh\ (sh[=i]"l[=o]), n. [Heb. sh[=i]l[=o]h,
literally, quiet, rest, fr. sh[=a]l[=a]h to rest.] (Script.)
A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted
variously, as ``the Messiah,'' or as the city ``Shiloh,'' or
as ``Rest.''
 
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Easton Bible Dictionary
 
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generally understood as denoting the Messiah, "the peaceful one," as the word signifies (Gen. 49:10). The Vulgate Version translates the word, "he who is to be sent," in allusion to the Messiah; the Revised Version, margin, "till he come to Shiloh;" and the LXX., "until that which is his shall come to Shiloh." It is most simple and natural to render the expression, as in the Authorized Version, "till Shiloh come," interpreting it as a proper name (comp. Isa. 9:6).

Shiloh, a place of rest, a city of Ephraim, "on the north side of Bethel," from which it is distant 10 miles (Judg. 21:19); the modern Seilun (the Arabic for Shiloh), a "mass of shapeless ruins." Here the tabernacle was set up after the Conquest (Josh. 18:1-10), where it remained during all the period of the judges till the ark fell into the hands of the Philistines. "No spot in Central Palestine could be more secluded than this early sanctuary, nothing more featureless than the landscape around; so featureless, indeed, the landscape and so secluded the spot that from the time of St. Jerome till its re-discovery by Dr. Robinson in 1838 the very site was forgotten and unknown." It is referred to by Jeremiah (7:12, 14; 26:4-9) five hundred years after its destruction.

 
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