Topic
Eshtaol
8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 15:33Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A town of the tribe of Judah
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
- Joshua 19:41Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Allotted to Dan
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
- Judges 13:25Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Samson moved by the spirit of the Lord near
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Judges 16:31Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Samson buried near
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
- Judges 18:2Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Allotted to Dan
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of…
- Judges 18:11Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Allotted to Dan
¶ And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.
- Judges 18:8Easton · Smith · Nave Allotted to Dan
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
- Judges 18:12Easton · Smith
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references
Narrow pass or recess, a town (Josh. 15:33) in the low country, the She-phelah of Judah. It was allotted to the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:41), and was one of their strongholds. Here Samson spent his boyhood, and first began to show his mighty strength; and here he was buried in the burying-place of Manoah his father (Judg. 13:25; 16:31; 18:2, 8, 11, 12). It is identified with the modern Yeshua, on a hill 2 miles east of Zorah. Others, however, identify it with Kustul, east of Kirjath-jearim.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 8 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
esh'-ta-ol ('eshta'ol; Astaol):
A town in the Shephelah of Judah named next to Zorah (Jos 15:33; 19:41). Between these two cities lay Mahaneh-dan (the camp of Dan) where the Spirit of the Lord began to move Samson (Jud 13:25), and where he was buried (Jud 16:31). A contingent from Eshtaol formed part of the 600 Danites who captured Laish (Jud 18:2,11).
It is probably represented by the modern Ashu`a, about a mile and a half East of Zorah, the modern Car`ah.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.