Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
three; the third; prince; captain
Schaff's Bible Dictionary
SHAL'ISHA, LAND OF (triangular), a district near Mount Ephraim. 1 Sam 9:4. In it, perhaps, the city of Baal-shalisha was situated. 2 Kgs 4:42. Eusebius and Jerome place it about 15 Roman miles north of Lydda. Perhaps near Thilth. See Baal-shalisha.