[1] This ancient place name is thought to be preserved in the Arabic name of the modern village of Kafr Thulth.
According to Eusebius and Jerome, Baal-Shalisha was located 15 (Roman) miles north of Diospolis (Lydda).
[1] Eusebius identified it with Baithsarisa,[3] the ancient Biblical village believed to have been located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the south of Kafr Thulth at a site known in modern times as Khirbat Sirisya (now Serisiyyah, a ruin located west of Mount Ephraim).
[4] Another possibility is Khurbet Kefr Thulth (with Arabic Thulth comparable to the Hebrew Shalisha)[5] which is roughly northeast of there.
The Jerusalem Talmud (Sanhedrin 1:2) identifies it as the earliest place each year for fruits to ripen.