Shiloh
Modern Khirbet Seilun, West Bank
Coordinates 32.0556, 35.2898 View modern location ↗
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The tabernacle stood here for roughly 300 years before the temple was built. Hannah prayed for Samuel here; the ark was taken from here by the Philistines and never returned. Jeremiah later cited its destruction as a warning to Jerusalem.