Selo in tribu Efraim, in quo loco arca testamenti mansit et tabernaculum domini usque ad tempora Samuelis. Est autem in decimo miliario Neaspoleos in regione Acrabbitena. Sed et Iudae patriarchae filium Selom appellatum legimus. (Jerome 157:28-31)

BIBLICAL BACKGROUND

Josh. 16:5-7 The territory of the Ephraimites
The territory of the Ephraimites by their families was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon, and the boundary goes from there to the sea; on the north is Michmethath; then on the east the boundary makes a turn toward Taanath-shiloh, and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah, then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan.

1Sam 1:3 The pilgrimage to Shiloh
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

1Sam 4:4 The ark in Shiloh
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.