Topic
Tirzah
22 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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- Joshua 12:24Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Captured by Joshua
The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
- 1 Kings 14:17Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Becomes the residence of the kings of the northern kingdom (Israel)
¶ And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
- Numbers 26:33ISBE · Nave 1. A daughter of Zelophehad
¶ And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Numbers 36:11ISBE · Nave 1. A daughter of Zelophehad
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father’s brothers’ sons:
- Joshua 17:3ISBE · Nave 1. A daughter of Zelophehad
¶ But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 15:21ISBE · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Becomes the residence of the kings of the northern kingdom (Israel)
And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 15:33ISBE · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Becomes the residence of the kings of the northern kingdom (Israel)
In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
- 1 Kings 16:6ISBE · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Becomes the residence of the kings of the northern kingdom (Israel)
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Kings 16:8ISBE · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Becomes the residence of the kings of the northern kingdom (Israel)
¶ In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
- 1 Kings 16:9ISBE · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Becomes the residence of the kings of the northern kingdom (Israel)
And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
- 1 Kings 16:15ISBE · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Becomes the residence of the kings of the northern kingdom (Israel)
¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
- 2 Kings 15:14ISBE · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Base of military operations of Menahem
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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- 2 Kings 15:16 Smith · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Base of military operations of Menahem
- Song of Songs 6:4 ISBE · Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Beauty of
- Numbers 27:1 ISBE
- Numbers 27:1–11 Nave 1. A daughter of Zelophehad — Special legislation in regard to the inheritance of
- Numbers 36:1–13 Nave 1. A daughter of Zelophehad — Special legislation in regard to the inheritance of
- Joshua 17:4 Nave 1. A daughter of Zelophehad — Special legislation in regard to the inheritance of
- 1 Kings 14:18 Smith
- 1 Kings 16:17 Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Becomes the residence of the kings of the northern kingdom (Israel)
- 1 Kings 16:23 Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Becomes the residence of the kings of the northern kingdom (Israel)
- 1 Kings 16:24 Nave 2. A city of Canaan — Royal residence moved from
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 14 references
tur'-za (tirtsah; Thersa):
(1) A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain by Joshua (12:24). It superseded Shechem as capital of the Northern Kingdom (1Ki 14:17, etc.), and itself gave place in turn to Samaria. Here reigned Jeroboam, Nadab his son, Baasha, Elah and Zimri (1Ki 15:21,33; 16:6,8,9,15). Baasha was buried in Tirzah. Here Elah was assassinated while "drinking himself drunk" in the house of his steward; here therefore probably he was buried. Zimri perished in the flames of his palace, rather than fall into Omri's hands. In Tirzah Menahem matured his rebellion against Shallum (2Ki 15:14). The place is mentioned in So 6:4 the King James Version, where the Shulammite is said to be "beautiful .... as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem." The comparison may be due to the charm of its situation. The name may possibly be derived from ratsah, "to delight." Several identifications have been suggested. Buhl (Geographic des alten Palestina, 203) favors et-tireh, on the West of the plain of Makhneh, 4 miles South of Nablus, which he identifies with the Tira-thana of Josephus. He quotes Neubauer to the effect that the later Jews said Tir`an or Tar`ita instead of Tirzah, as weakening the claim of Telluzah, which others (e.g. Robinson, BR, III, 302) incline to. It is a partly ruined village with no spring, but with ancient cisterns, on a hill about 4 miles East of North from Nablus. This was evidently the place intended by Brocardius--Thersa, about 3 miles East of Samaria (Descriptio, VII). A third claimant is Teiasir, a fortress at the point where the road from Abel-meholah joins that from Shechem to Bethshan, fully 11 miles Northeast of Nablus. It is impossible to decide with certainty. The heavy "T" in Telluzah is a difficulty. Teiasir is perhaps too far from Shechem. Buhl's case for identification with eT-Tireh is subject to the same difficulty as Telluzah.
(2) One of the five daughters of Zelophehad (Nu 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Jos 17:3).
W. Ewing
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Texts: 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.