Shiloh or Shilo may refer to:

In the Bible

Shiloh (biblical city) Shiloh (; ) was an ancient city and sanctuary in History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel located in the modern-day West Bank. According to the Hebrew Bible, Shiloh was one of the main centers of Israelite worship during the pre-monar ...

, an ancient city in Samaria *

Shiloh (biblical figure) Shiloh (; Hebrew: ''šīlō'' or ''šīlōh'' ) is a figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Genesis 49:10 as part of the benediction given by Jacob to his son Judah. Jacob states that "the sceptre will not depart from Judah... until ''Shiloh ...

, a figure of contested meaning mentioned in the Hebrew Bible

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Shiloh'' (film), a 1996 family movie based on the Naylor novel (see below) * Shiloh, a chapter of ''The Civil War'' (miniseries) by Ken Burns * Craig Shilo, a character in the television series ''

Blue Mountain State ''Blue Mountain State'' is an American television sitcom that premiered on Spike (now Paramount Network) on January 11, 2010. The series was created by Chris Romano and Eric Falconer, and produced by Lionsgate Television. The series is about a ...

'' * Shiloh, the capital city in ''Kings'' (American TV series) * Shiloh Ranch, the setting for the television series '' The Virginian'' * Shilo Wallace, a character in the American rock horror opera film ''Repo! The Genetic Opera''

Music

* Shiloh, an early band formed by

Don Henley Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician who is a founding member of the rock band the Eagles, for whom he is the drummer and co-lead vocalist, as well as its sole continuous member. Henley sang the lead vocals on Eagles ...

of the Eagles * Shiloh (singer), former stage name of Canadian pop singer and songwriter Shiloh Hoganson (born 1993) * ''Shilo'' (album), a compilation album of songs recorded by Neil Diamond * "Shilo" (song), written and recorded by Neil Diamond * "Shiloh", a Christmas carol written by

William Billings William Billings (October 7, 1746 – September 26, 1800) was an American composer and is regarded as the first American choral composer and leading member of the First New England School. Life William Billings was born in Boston, Province ...

in 1781 * “Shiloh,” a song written and recorded by Buju Banton, from the album ''

'Til Shiloh ''Til Shiloh'' is the fourth album by Jamaican dancehall artist Buju Banton, released in 1995 by Loose Cannon Records, a short-lived subsidiary of Island Records.Cooke, Mel (2015)Two Decades Since Til Shiloh, ''Jamaica Gleaner'', July 19, 2015. Re ...

'' * “Shiloh,” a song by Canadian band

The Dreadnoughts The Dreadnoughts are a Canadian 6-piece folk punk band from Vancouver. The band combines a wide range of European folk music with modern street punk. The band has seven full-length albums and three EPs on various labels, and has played around ...

, from the album ''Into The North''

In print

* ''Shiloh'' (franchise), a series of novels and film adaptations ** ''Shiloh'' (Naylor novel), a 1991 children's novel * ''Shiloh'' (Foote novel), a 1952 historical novel by Shelby Foote about the American Civil War battle * "Shiloh," a short story by Bobbie Ann Mason - see '' Shiloh and Other Stories''

Video games

* '' Battleground 4: Shiloh'', a 1996 computer game

Military

Battle of Shiloh The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's Western Theater of the ...

, a major battle of the American Civil War * USS ''Shiloh'' (1865), a Union Navy monitor * USS ''Shiloh'' (CG-67), a United States Navy guided missile cruiser *

CFB Shilo Canadian Forces Base Shilo (CFB Shilo; ) is an operations and training base of the Canadian Armed Forces, located east of Brandon, Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba and adjacent to Sprucewoods. During the 1990s, Canadian Forces base, Canadian Forces ...

, Manitoba, Canada, a Canadian Armed Forces base

People

Shiloh (given name) Shiloh or Shilo is a unisex given name. __NOTOC__ Biblical reference Shiloh is a biblical place name in the tribal holdings of Ephraim, mentioned in Joshua 18:1, I Samuel 1:9, and elsewhere. Popularity The name was the 803rd most popular name for ...

, a unisex name and a list of people with the name *

Shilo (surname) Shilo is the surname of: * Andrey Shilo (born 1976), Belarusian former footballer * Maksim Shilo (born 1993), Belarusian footballer * Margalit Shilo (born 1942), Israeli historian * Moshe Shilo (1920–1990), Israeli aquatic microbiologist * R ...

, a list of people

Places

United States

Shiloh, DeKalb County, Alabama Shiloh is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1962. At the 2020 census, the population was 321. Shiloh is located atop Sand Mountain. Shiloh is the subject of a dispute over repeated flooding of homes, caused b ...

, a town *

Shiloh, Marengo County, Alabama Shiloh is an unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States. Historically, Shiloh was served by its own post office. Geography Shiloh is located at and has an elevation of . Notable person * Autherine Lucy, first Africa ...

, an unincorporated community *

Shiloh, Arkansas (disambiguation) Shiloh, Arkansas may refer to thec following places in the United States: * Shiloh, Columbia County, Arkansas, in Arkansas * Shiloh, Howard County, Arkansas, in Arkansas * Shiloh, Lafayette County, Arkansas, in Arkansas * Shiloh, Pope County, A ...

Shiloh, Florida Shiloh was a village in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is the northernmost place in Brevard County. Scottsmoor also shares the title, across the Indian River. Shiloh is currently uninhabited. It was an active community during the turn ...

, a former village *

Shiloh, Georgia Shiloh is a city on the northeastern edge of Harris County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia–Alabama metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 402. History A post office call ...

, a city *

Shiloh, Illinois Shiloh is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The 2010 census recorded a population of 12,651. Shiloh is located within the Greater St Louis, St. Louis metropolitan area History A site known as "T ...

, a village *

Shiloh, Indiana Shiloh is an unincorporated community in southern Cass Township, Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community is part of the Terre Haute Terre Haute ( ) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county sea ...

, an unincorporated town *

Shiloh, Kentucky Shiloh is an unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. ...

, an unincorporated community * Shiloh, Michigan, an unincorporated community *

Shiloh, Mississippi Shiloh is a ghost town located in Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. Shiloh Landing was its port on the Mississippi River The Mississippi River is the main stem, primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United Stat ...

, a ghost town *

Shiloh, New Jersey Shiloh is a borough in Cumberland County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Vineland– Bridgeton metropolitan statistical area for statistical purposes. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 444, a ...

, a borough * Shiloh, Montgomery County, Ohio, a census-designated place *

Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio Shiloh is a village in Richland County in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is part of the Mansfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 619 at the 2020 census. History Shiloh was platted in September 1852 at the junction of the ...

, a village *

Shiloh, York County, Pennsylvania Shiloh is a census-designated place (CDP) in West Manchester Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,218 at the 2010 census. Its most visible landmark is the Shiloh Evangelical Lutheran Church. Geography According to the ...

, a census-designated place *

Shiloh, Sumter County, South Carolina Shiloh is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sumter County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 259 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sumter, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Shiloh is located at ...

, a census-designated place *

Shiloh, Tennessee (disambiguation) Shiloh is the name of six places in the State of Tennessee in the United States of America: *Shiloh, Bedford County, Tennessee *Shiloh, Carroll County, Tennessee *Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee *Shiloh, Hawkins County, Tennessee *Shiloh, Montgo ...

Shiloh, Texas (disambiguation) Shiloh, Texas may refer to: * Shiloh, Gregg County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Shiloh, Houston County, Texas, a ghost town * Shiloh, Waller County, Texas, an unincorporated settlement See also *Shiloh (disambiguation) Shiloh or Shilo ma ...

Shiloh, Virginia (disambiguation) Shiloh is the name of some places in the State of Virginia in the United States of America: *Shiloh, Bath County, Virginia *Shiloh, King George County, Virginia *Shiloh, Pulaski County, Virginia *Shiloh, Southampton County, Virginia *Shiloh, Staf ...

Shiloh, West Virginia (disambiguation) Shiloh, West Virginia may refer to the following places. * Shiloh, Hampshire County, West Virginia * Shiloh, Raleigh County, West Virginia * Shiloh, Tyler County, West Virginia {{Geodis ...

Shiloh Township (disambiguation) Shiloh Township is the name of the following places in the United States: * Shiloh Township, Randolph County, Arkansas * Shiloh Township, Edgar County, Illinois * Shiloh Township, Jefferson County, Illinois * Shiloh Township, Grundy County, Iowa * ...

Shiloh Creek Shiloh or Shilo may refer to: In the Bible * Shiloh (biblical city), an ancient city in Samaria * Shiloh (biblical figure), a figure of contested meaning mentioned in the Hebrew Bible Arts and entertainment Film and television * Shiloh (film), ' ...

, a stream in Kansas and Missouri * Shiloh Historic District, Springdale, Arkansas *

Shiloh National Military Park Shiloh National Military Park preserves the American Civil War Shiloh and Corinth battlefields. The main section of the park is in the unincorporated community of Shiloh, about south of Savannah, Tennessee, with additional areas located ...

, preserving the Shiloh and Corinth battlefields

Elsewhere

* Shilo, a community in the township of

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, Canada *

Shilan, Gilan Shilan (, also Romanized as Shīlān; also known as Shīlā Ben Bālā, Shīlā Ben Pā’īn, and Shilo) is a village in Saheli-ye Jokandan Rural District, in the Central District of Talesh County, Gilan Province, Iran Iran, officiall ...

, Iran, a village also known as Shilo *

Shilo (Israeli settlement) Shilo ( ' is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank. Located 28 miles (45 km) north of Jerusalem on Route 60 and organised as a religious community settlement, it is neighboured by the Israeli settlements of Eli and Maale Levo ...

, in the occupied

West Bank The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

Religious institutions

Shiloh Church (disambiguation) Shiloh Church may refer to: *Shiloh Church (Springdale, Arkansas), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Washington County *Shiloh Communities, Shiloh Trust, and Shiloh Church, one of the oldest continuously-operating commun ...

Shiloh Temple The Shiloh Temple, now Shiloh Chapel, is a historic religious facility in Durham, Maine. Built in 1897, the building is a small portion of the once-extensive religious enclave established by the evangelical Christian leader Frank Sandford. The ...

, a Christian facility in Maine on the National Register of Historic Places *

Shiloh Youth Revival Centers The Shiloh Youth Revival Centers movement was the largest Jesus People communal movement in the United States in the 1970s. Founded in 1968 as a small communal house ( House of Miracles) by Lonnie Frisbee and John Higgins, a former drug addic ...

, a movement of hippy-style rescue missions founded in 1968 and dissolved in 1989 * Shiloh, a farm and retreat site in Iowa associated with

The Living Word Fellowship The Living Word Fellowship is a Christian cultGeorge D. Chryssides, ''Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements'', Second Edition (Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2011), 93. that at various times was located in the United States, Canada, B ...

Christian cult *Shiloh Communities, Shiloh Trust, and Shiloh Church, one of the oldest continuously-operating communes in the United States, in Sulphur Springs, Arkansas

Schools in the United States

Shiloh College Shiloh College is a historic school building located at 13043 Walnut Street in Shiloh Hill, Illinois. Preparations for Shiloh College's founding began in 1836. In 1839, area residents purchased 80 acres for the school and the Illinois legislature ...

, Shiloh Hill, Illinois, a former teachers' college and later public school, on the National Register of Historic Places *

Shiloh High School (disambiguation) Shiloh High School may mean: * Shiloh High School (Alabama) in Sardis, Dallas County, and which closed in favor of Sardis High School * Shiloh High School (Georgia) in Snellville, Gwinnett County * Shiloh High School (Illinois) in Shiloh Commun ...

Shiloh Middle School Parma City School District (PCSD) is a school district that serves Parma, Parma Heights, and Seven Hills. The district is in the southwestern section of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. The District's sports stadium is Byers Field. Both high schools pl ...

, Parma, Ohio *

Shiloh School Shiloh School is a historic one-room school building located near Kilmarnock, Virginia, Kilmarnock, Lancaster County, Virginia. It was built in 1906, and is a one-story, three-bay, simple frame building measuring 20 feet by 34 feet. It sits on a ...

, a historic one-room school building near Kilmarnock, Virginia, on the National Register of Historic Places *

Shiloh Christian School Shiloh Christian School is a private school, private Baptist Christian school in Springdale, Arkansas, United States. History Shiloh Christian School was founded in 1976 as a ministry of the First Baptist Church of Springdale, by Dennis Cottrell ...

, Springdale, Arkansas, a private school

Other uses

Shiloh House (disambiguation) Shiloh House may refer to: *Shiloh House (Sulphur Springs, Arkansas), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Benton County *Shiloh House (Zion, Illinois), National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Illinois, ...

, several buildings on the National Register of Historic Places * Shilo Inns, an American hotel chain *

Shiloh Museum of Ozark History The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, located in Springdale, Arkansas, is a regional history museum covering the Arkansas Ozarks. Programs, exhibits, and events relating to Ozark and Northwest Arkansas history are offered by the museum to the public ...

, Springdale, Arkansas *

Shiloh Orphanage Shiloh Orphanage, now the Shiloh Comprehensive Community Center, was an orphanage for black children in Augusta, Georgia, United States. The site includes the Strong Academy building, a girls' dormitory, and a boys' dormitory.

, a former orphanage for black children in Augusta, Georgia, on the National Register of Historic Places *

Shiloh Wind Power Plant The Shiloh wind power plant is a wind farm located in the Montezuma Hills of Solano County, California, Solano County, California, United States, USA, close to Bird's Landing, California, Bird's Landing and Collinsville, California, Collinsville, 4 ...

, Montezuma Hills, California