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SHILONITE
(Shiʹlo·nite).
1. An alternate form (used in the plural) for the name of the family that sprang from Judah’s third son Shelah.—1 Chron. 9:5; Gen. 46:12; see SHELAH No. 2; SHELANITES.
2. An inhabitant of Shiloh, a town of quite some prominence in Israel’s history. The designation is applied in Scripture only to the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.—1 Ki. 11:29; 12:15; 15:29; 2 Chron. 9:29; 10:15.
