Bible Dictionary
Chesalon
Chesalon was a town on the northern or western boundary of Judah, on the side of Mount Jearim. It is commonly identified with the village of Kesla.
Definition
Chesalon was a town on the northern or western boundary of Judah, situated on the side of Mount Jearim. It is commonly identified with Kesla in the western mountains of Judah.
Biblical Usage
Chesalon appears as one of the landmarks of Judah’s boundary.
Historical Background
The town is identified with modern Kesla, a village on a mountain ridge south of Wady el-Humar. The supplied material notes that it stood about six miles northeast of Ainshems and was described in the fourth century as a very large village.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Strength; confidence, a place on the border of Judah, on the side of Mount Jearim (Josh. 15:10); probably identified with the modern village of Kesla, on the western mountains of Judah.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(hopes), a place named as one of the landmarks on the west part of the north boundary of Judah, (Joshua 15:10) probably Kesla, about six miles to the northeast of Ainshems, on the western mountains of Judah.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kes'-a-lon (kecalon; Chaslon, Chasalon): One of the cities on the Northern boundary of Judah (Jos 15:10). In the 4th century it was a "very large village." It is now Kesla, 2,087 ft. above sea-level, a small village perched on a mountain ridge to the South of Wady el Humar. See Palestine Exploration Fund, III, 25, 26; Sh XVII.</p>