children. sons.
Shiloh. tranqaillity or rest. Compare Genesis 49:10. eight times in this book. See Joshua 18:1; Joshua 18:8; Joshua 18:9; Joshua 18:10; Joshua 19:51; Joshua 21:2; Joshua 22:9; Joshua 22:12. See note on Judges 18:31.
tabernacle. Hebrew 'ohel'. tent (App-40). It remained here (Judges 21:12; 1 Samuel 1:3; 1 Samuel 3:3) till the Philistines took the ark (1 Samuel 4:11). In the days of Saul it was at Nob (of Benjamin, 1 Samuel 21:1; 1 Samuel 22:19), and at Gibson at beginning of Solomon's reign (1 Kings 3:5; 2 Chronicles 1:3). Compare Psalms 78:60; Psalms 78:67; Psalms 78:68; Jeremiah 7:12.