Bible Dictionary
Salcah, Or Salchah
Salcah, or Salchah, was a city marking the eastern extent of Bashan and the territory of the eastern tribes. It is commonly identified with Sulkhad, east of the Jordan.
Definition
Salcah, or Salchah, was a city and, in one passage, a district marking the eastern limit of Bashan. It was associated with the territory of Gad and the eastern tribes.
Biblical Usage
Salcah appears in descriptions of Bashan’s extent and in the territorial records connected with Gad.
Historical Background
The site is identified with Sulkhad, about fifty-six miles east of the Jordan at the southern extremity of the Hauran mountains. It was nearly deserted but contained many stone houses.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(migration), a city named in the early records of Israel as the extreme limit of Bashan, (3:10; Joshua 13:11) and of the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:71) On another occasion the name seems to denote a district rather than a town. (Joshua 12:5) It is identical with the town of Sulkhad (56 miles east of the Jordan, at the southern extremity of the Hauran range of mountains. The place is nearly deserted, though it contains 800 stone houses, many of them in a good state of preservation.-ED.)