strength; confidence, a place on the border of Judah, on the side of Mount Jearim ( Joshua 15:10 ); probably identified with the modern village of Kesla, on the western mountains of Judah.
(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.
CHESALON
kes'-a-lon (kecalon; Chaslon, Chasalon):
One of the cities on the Northern boundary of Judah (Joshua 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.
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