Topic
Zorah
11 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 city of the tribe of Dan or possibly the tribe of Judah
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
- Joshua 19:41Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave A city of the tribe of Dan or possibly the tribe of Judah
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
- 2 Chronicles 11:10Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Fortified by Rehoboam
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
- Judges 13:2Easton · ISBE · Nave The city of Samson
¶ And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
- Judges 13:25Easton · ISBE · Nave The city of Samson
And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Judges 16:31ISBE · Nave The city of Samson
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 · ISBE
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…
- Nehemiah 11:29ISBE · Nave Re-populated after the captivity
And at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
- Judges 13:24Nave The city of Samson
¶ And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
- Judges 18:1–31Nave Representatives of the tribe of Dan sent from, to spy out the land with a view to its conquest
In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. And the children of Dan sent of their…
- Judges 18:11ISBE
¶ 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.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
Place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan (Josh. 19:41; Judg. 18:2), probably the same as Zoreah (Josh. 15:33). This was Samson’s birthplace (Judg. 13:2, 25), and near it he found a grave (16:31). It was situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the valley of Sorek, and was fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:10). It has been identified with Sur’ah, in the Wady Surar, 8 miles west of Jerusalem. It is noticed on monuments in the fifteenth century B.C. as attacked by the Abiri or Hebrews.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 3 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 10 references
zo'-ra (tsor`ah; Saraa): A city on the border of Dan, between Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh (Jos 19:41); the birthplace of Samson (Jud 13:2,25); near here too he was buried (Jud 16:31); from here some Danites went to spy out the land (Jud 18:2,11). In Jos 15:33 it is, with Eshtaol, allotted to Judah, and after the captivity it was reinhabited by the "children of Judah" (Ne 11:29, the King James Version "Zareah"). It was one of the cities fortified by Rehoboam (2Ch 11:10). It is probable that it is mentioned under the name Tsarkha along with Aialuna (Aijalon; 2Ch 11:10) in the Tell el-Amarna Letters(No. 265, Petrie) as attacked by the Khabiri.
It is the modern Sur`a, near the summit of a lofty hill on the north side of the Wady es-Surar (Vale of Sorek). The summit itself is occupied by the Mukam Nebi Samit, overhung by a lofty palm, and there are many remains of ancient tombs, cisterns, wine presses, etc., around. From here Eshu`a (Eshtaol), `Ain Shems (Beth-shemesh) and Tibnah (Timnah) are all visible. See PEF, III, 158, Sh XVII.
E. W. G. Masterman
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 9 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Also called ZAREAH and ZOREAH
- → A city of the tribe of Dan or possibly the tribe of Judah Jos 15:33; 19:41
- → The city of Samson Jud 13:2,24,25; 16:31
- → Representatives of the tribe of Dan sent from, to spy out the land with a view to its conquest Jud 18
- → Fortified by Rehoboam 2Ch 11:10
- → Re-populated after the captivity Ne 11:29
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.