Zorah
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ZORAH.A town allotted to Judah, according to Jos_15:33; but elsewhere spoken of as Danite (Jos_19:41, Jdg_18:2-3; Jdg_18:11); specially noted as the home of Samson (Jdg_13:2; Jdg_13:25), who was buried between Zorah and Eshtaol (Jdg_16:21). It was fortified by Rehoboam (2Ch_11:10), and is mentioned in Neh_11:29 as peopled by Judahites after the Captivity. The gentilic name Zorathites occurs in 1Ch_2:52; 1Ch_4:2 and prob. 1Ch_2:54 (where read Zorathites for Zorites). Zorah is the modern Surah on the northern side of Wâdy es-Surar (the Valley of Sorek) opposite Ain Shems (Beth-shemesh), which lies on the southern side.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
ZORAH or ZOREAH. Jos_15:33. Colonized by Kirjath Jearim (1Ch_2:53; 1Ch_4:2). Now Sur'ah: ten Roman miles from Eleutheropolis toward Nicopolis. Originally of Judah; in the shephelah or low hills (Jos_15:33). Subsequently assigned to Dan (Jos_19:40) as a suitable border fortress, just below the brow of a sharp conical tell at the shoulder of the ranges which form the northern side of the wady Ghurab. Manoah's residence (Jdg_13:2; Jdg_13:25) and Samson's birthplace was between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Possibly Manoah commanded the military post at "the camp of Dan" (the place of encampment of the Danite emigrants: Jdg_18:8; Jdg 11-12) between Zorah and Eshtaol; this post was a check on the Philistines, in force at Timnath three miles off (Jdg_14:1-4; Jdg_15:6). Here was the family burial place (Jdg_16:31). The charge that Samson was not to drink wine nor strong drink, nor eat what came of the vine, was the severer test of faith because Zorah was famous for its vines; the valley of Sorek and the Philistine plain generally abounded in choice vines (Jdg_15:5; Jdg_16:4; Hebrew Gen_49:11; Isa_5:2; Jer_2:21). Fortified by Rehoboam as being at the entrance of the valley, which is one inlet from the great lowland (2Ch_11:10); reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from Babylon. (Neh_11:29 ZAREAH.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Zo'rah. (hornet). A town in the allotment of the tribe of Dan, Jos_19:41. It is previously mentioned, Jos_15:33, in the catalogue of Judah, among the places in the district of the Shefelah (Authorized Version, "Zoreah"), It was the residence of Manoah and the native place of Samson. It is mentioned among the places fortified by Rehoboam. 2Ch_11:10. It is perhaps identical with the modern village of Sur'ah.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
zō?ra (צרעה, cor‛āh; Σαραά, Saraa): A city on the border of Dan, between Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh (Jos_19:41); the birthplace of Samson (Jdg_13:2, Jdg_13:25); near here too he was buried (Jdg_16:31); from here some Danites went to spy out the land (Jdg_18:2, Jdg_18:11). In Jos_15:33 it is, with Eshtaol, allotted to Judah, and after the captivity it was reinhabited by the ?children of Judah? (Neh_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 Ṣur‛a, near the summit of a lofty hill on the north side of the Wâdy es-Ṣurār (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 Eshû‛a (Eshtaol), ‛Ain Shems (Beth-shemesh) and Tibnah (Timnah) are all visible. See PEF, III, 158, Sh XVII.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Zo?rah (hornets' town), a town reckoned as in the plain of Judah (Jos_15:33), but inhabited by Danites (Jos_19:41), not far from Eshtaol, and chiefly celebrated as the birthplace of Samson (Jdg_13:2; Jdg_13:25; Jdg_18:2; Jdg_18:8; Jdg_18:11; comp. 2Ch_11:10; Neh_11:29). The site may still be recognized under the name of Surah, situated upon a spur of the mountains running into the plain north of Beth-shemesh.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
(Heb. Tsorah', צָרְעָה, hornet; Sept. Σαραά v.r. Σοράθ, Σαράλ, Σαρά, etc.; Josephus, Σαρασά, Ant. 5, 8, 12; Vulg. Saraa; A. V. Zareah, Neh_11:29; Zoreah, Jos_15:33), one of the towns near the border of the tribe of Dan (Jos_19:41), but really within-the limits of Judah, being in the north-western corner of the valley district (Jos_15:33). It is almost always mentioned in connection with Eshtaol (see also Jdg_13:25; Jdg_16:31; Jdg_18:2; Jdg_18:8; Jdg_18:11; and comp. 1Ch_2:53). Zorah was the residence of Manoah and the native place of Samson. The place both of his birth and his burial is specified with a curious minuteness as between Zorah and Eshtaol, in Mahaneh-Dan (Jdg_13:25; Jdg_11:31). In the genealogical records of 1 Chronicles (1Ch_2:53; 1Ch_4:2) the Zareathites and Eshtaulites are given as descended from (i.e. colonized by) Kirjathjearim. Zorah is mentioned among the places fortified by Rehoboam (2Ch_11:10) and it was re-inhabited by the men of Judah after the return from the Captivity (Neh_11:29). In the Onomasticon (s.v. Σαρδά and Saara) it is mentioned as living some ten miles north of Eleutheropolis on the road to Nicopolis. By the Jewish traveler Hap-Parchi (Zunz, Benjamin of Tud. 2, 441) it is specified as three hours south-east of Lydd. These notices agree in direction though in neither is the distance nearly sufficient with the modern village of Sur'ah which has been visited by Robinson (Bibl. Res. 3; 153); and Toblern (Dritte Wanzd. p.a18-183).
It lies just below the brow of, a sharp pointed conical hill at the shoulder of the ranges which there meet, and form the north side of the Wady Ghurab, the northernmost of the two branches which unite just below, Sir'ah, and form the great wady Surar. Near it are to be seen the remains of Zanoah, Bethshemesh, Timnai, there and other places more or less frequently mentioned with it in the narrative. Eshtaol, however, has not yet been identified. The position of Sir'ah at the entrance of the valley, which forms one of the inlets from the great low land, explains its fortification by Rehoboam. The spring is a short distance below the village a noble fountain this was at the end of April walled up square with large hewn stones and gushing over with fine water. As we passed on, continues Robinson, with a more poetical tone than is his wont, we overtook no less than twelve women toiling upwards to the village, each with her; jar of water on her head. The village, the fountain, the fields, the mountain the females bearing water, all transported us back to ancient times, when in all probability the mother of Samson often in like manner visited the fountain and toiled homeward with her jar of water. See also Schwarz, Palestine, p. 102; Thomson, Land and Book, 2, 361; Porter, Handbook for Pal. p. 285; Tristram, Bible Places, p. 468. Consider Tent Work. 1, 274.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
ZORAH or ZOREAH. Jos_15:33. Colonized by Kirjath Jearim (1Ch_2:53; 1Ch_4:2). Now Sur'ah: ten Roman miles from Eleutheropolis toward Nicopolis. Originally of Judah; in the shephelah or low hills (Jos_15:33). Subsequently assigned to Dan (Jos_19:40) as a suitable border fortress, just below the brow of a sharp conical tell at the shoulder of the ranges which form the northern side of the wady Ghurab. Manoah's residence (Jdg_13:2; Jdg_13:25) and Samson's birthplace was between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Possibly Manoah commanded the military post at "the camp of Dan" (the place of encampment of the Danite emigrants: Jdg_18:8; Jdg 11-12) between Zorah and Eshtaol; this post was a check on the Philistines, in force at Timnath three miles off (Jdg_14:1-4; Jdg_15:6). Here was the family burial place (Jdg_16:31). The charge that Samson was not to drink wine nor strong drink, nor eat what came of the vine, was the severer test of faith because Zorah was famous for its vines; the valley of Sorek and the Philistine plain generally abounded in choice vines (Jdg_15:5; Jdg_16:4; Hebrew Gen_49:11; Isa_5:2; Jer_2:21). Fortified by Rehoboam as being at the entrance of the valley, which is one inlet from the great lowland (2Ch_11:10); reinhabited by the men of Judah after the return from Babylon. (Neh_11:29 ZAREAH.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Zo'rah. (hornet). A town in the allotment of the tribe of Dan, Jos_19:41. It is previously mentioned, Jos_15:33, in the catalogue of Judah, among the places in the district of the Shefelah (Authorized Version, "Zoreah"), It was the residence of Manoah and the native place of Samson. It is mentioned among the places fortified by Rehoboam. 2Ch_11:10. It is perhaps identical with the modern village of Sur'ah.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
zō?ra (צרעה, cor‛āh; Σαραά, Saraa): A city on the border of Dan, between Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh (Jos_19:41); the birthplace of Samson (Jdg_13:2, Jdg_13:25); near here too he was buried (Jdg_16:31); from here some Danites went to spy out the land (Jdg_18:2, Jdg_18:11). In Jos_15:33 it is, with Eshtaol, allotted to Judah, and after the captivity it was reinhabited by the ?children of Judah? (Neh_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 Ṣur‛a, near the summit of a lofty hill on the north side of the Wâdy es-Ṣurār (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 Eshû‛a (Eshtaol), ‛Ain Shems (Beth-shemesh) and Tibnah (Timnah) are all visible. See PEF, III, 158, Sh XVII.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Zo?rah (hornets' town), a town reckoned as in the plain of Judah (Jos_15:33), but inhabited by Danites (Jos_19:41), not far from Eshtaol, and chiefly celebrated as the birthplace of Samson (Jdg_13:2; Jdg_13:25; Jdg_18:2; Jdg_18:8; Jdg_18:11; comp. 2Ch_11:10; Neh_11:29). The site may still be recognized under the name of Surah, situated upon a spur of the mountains running into the plain north of Beth-shemesh.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
(Heb. Tsorah', צָרְעָה, hornet; Sept. Σαραά v.r. Σοράθ, Σαράλ, Σαρά, etc.; Josephus, Σαρασά, Ant. 5, 8, 12; Vulg. Saraa; A. V. Zareah, Neh_11:29; Zoreah, Jos_15:33), one of the towns near the border of the tribe of Dan (Jos_19:41), but really within-the limits of Judah, being in the north-western corner of the valley district (Jos_15:33). It is almost always mentioned in connection with Eshtaol (see also Jdg_13:25; Jdg_16:31; Jdg_18:2; Jdg_18:8; Jdg_18:11; and comp. 1Ch_2:53). Zorah was the residence of Manoah and the native place of Samson. The place both of his birth and his burial is specified with a curious minuteness as between Zorah and Eshtaol, in Mahaneh-Dan (Jdg_13:25; Jdg_11:31). In the genealogical records of 1 Chronicles (1Ch_2:53; 1Ch_4:2) the Zareathites and Eshtaulites are given as descended from (i.e. colonized by) Kirjathjearim. Zorah is mentioned among the places fortified by Rehoboam (2Ch_11:10) and it was re-inhabited by the men of Judah after the return from the Captivity (Neh_11:29). In the Onomasticon (s.v. Σαρδά and Saara) it is mentioned as living some ten miles north of Eleutheropolis on the road to Nicopolis. By the Jewish traveler Hap-Parchi (Zunz, Benjamin of Tud. 2, 441) it is specified as three hours south-east of Lydd. These notices agree in direction though in neither is the distance nearly sufficient with the modern village of Sur'ah which has been visited by Robinson (Bibl. Res. 3; 153); and Toblern (Dritte Wanzd. p.a18-183).
It lies just below the brow of, a sharp pointed conical hill at the shoulder of the ranges which there meet, and form the north side of the Wady Ghurab, the northernmost of the two branches which unite just below, Sir'ah, and form the great wady Surar. Near it are to be seen the remains of Zanoah, Bethshemesh, Timnai, there and other places more or less frequently mentioned with it in the narrative. Eshtaol, however, has not yet been identified. The position of Sir'ah at the entrance of the valley, which forms one of the inlets from the great low land, explains its fortification by Rehoboam. The spring is a short distance below the village a noble fountain this was at the end of April walled up square with large hewn stones and gushing over with fine water. As we passed on, continues Robinson, with a more poetical tone than is his wont, we overtook no less than twelve women toiling upwards to the village, each with her; jar of water on her head. The village, the fountain, the fields, the mountain the females bearing water, all transported us back to ancient times, when in all probability the mother of Samson often in like manner visited the fountain and toiled homeward with her jar of water. See also Schwarz, Palestine, p. 102; Thomson, Land and Book, 2, 361; Porter, Handbook for Pal. p. 285; Tristram, Bible Places, p. 468. Consider Tent Work. 1, 274.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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