Reference: Eshtaol
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A town on the western border of Judah, afterwards given to Dan, Jos 15:33; 19:41. It is named in the history of Samson, Jg 13:25; 16:31.
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And the bound of their inheitance will be Zorah and Eshtaol, and the city of the Sun,
And the spirit of Jehovah will begin to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and between Eshtaol.
And his brethren and all the house of his father will go down and will lift him up, and will bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the grave of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Easton
narrow pass or recess, a town (Jos 15:33) in the low country, the She-phelah of Judah. It was allotted to the tribe of Dan (Jos 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 (Jg 13:25; 16:31; 8/2/type/juliasmith'>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.
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And the bound of their inheitance will be Zorah and Eshtaol, and the city of the Sun,
And the spirit of Jehovah will begin to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and between Eshtaol.
And his brethren and all the house of his father will go down and will lift him up, and will bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the grave of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
And the sons of Dan will send from their families five men from their extremities, men sons of power, from Zorah and Eshtaol, to search the land and to examine it; and they will say to them, Go and examine the land: and they will come to mount Ephraim, even to the house of Micah, and they will lodge there.
And they will come to their brethren of Zomh and Eshtaol; and their brethren will say to them, What ye?
And they will remove from thence from the families of the Danites, and from Zorah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war. And they will go up and encamp in the City of Forests, in Judah: for this they called that place the camp of Dan, even to this day: behold, it behind the City of Forests.
Fausets
A town in the shephelah or low country of Judah (Jos 15:33; 19:41), allotted to Daniel On the Philistine border between Azotus and Askelon. Here Samson spent his boyhood, and hither his remains were finally carried to the burying ground of Manoah his father (Jg 13:25; 16:31; 8/2/type/juliasmith'>18:2,8,11-12). Between the Danite towns Zorah and Eshtaol and behind Kirjath Jearim was Mahaneh-Dan, the standing camp of the little host exposed to constant warfare with the Philistines; a neighborhood well calculated to train Samson for his after encounters with that race.
As Kirjath Jearim is now Kuriet-el-Enab, and Zorah is Suz'ah, seven miles S.W. of it, Eshtaol is Kustul, a conical hill an hour's journey S.E. from Kuriet-el-Enab toward Jerusalem. This fulfills the requisite condition that Kirjath Jearim should lie between Eshtaol and Zorah. E. Wilton (Imperial Bible Dictionary) identifies Eshtaol with Um Eshteiyeh, 12 Roman miles from Beit Jibrin (Eleutheropolis), agreeing with Eusebius' statement that it is ten miles distant. Jerome says Jarmuth was near, which agrees with the fact that Yarmak is near Eshtaol; Zanua (Zanoah) is also near. Black (Palestine Exploration) identifies Eshtaol with Eshu'a.
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And the bound of their inheitance will be Zorah and Eshtaol, and the city of the Sun,
And the spirit of Jehovah will begin to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and between Eshtaol.
And his brethren and all the house of his father will go down and will lift him up, and will bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the grave of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
And the sons of Dan will send from their families five men from their extremities, men sons of power, from Zorah and Eshtaol, to search the land and to examine it; and they will say to them, Go and examine the land: and they will come to mount Ephraim, even to the house of Micah, and they will lodge there.
And they will come to their brethren of Zomh and Eshtaol; and their brethren will say to them, What ye?
And they will remove from thence from the families of the Danites, and from Zorah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war. And they will go up and encamp in the City of Forests, in Judah: for this they called that place the camp of Dan, even to this day: behold, it behind the City of Forests.
Hastings
A lowland city of Judah (Jos 15:33) on the borders of Dan 19:41), near which Samson began to feel 'the spirit of the Lord' (Jg 13:25), and was buried (Jg 16:31); the home of some of the Danites who attacked Laish (Jg 18:2,11). It is supposed to be the same as Eshu'a, near Ain esh-Shems (Beth-shemesh). The Eshtaolites are enumerated among the Calebites (1Ch 2:53).
R. A. S. Macalister.
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And the spirit of Jehovah will begin to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and between Eshtaol.
And his brethren and all the house of his father will go down and will lift him up, and will bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the grave of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
And the sons of Dan will send from their families five men from their extremities, men sons of power, from Zorah and Eshtaol, to search the land and to examine it; and they will say to them, Go and examine the land: and they will come to mount Ephraim, even to the house of Micah, and they will lodge there.
And they will remove from thence from the families of the Danites, and from Zorah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.
And the families of the city of forests; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites: from these came the Zareathites and the Eshtaulites.
Morish
Eshta'ol
Town in the lowlands of Judah, allotted to Dan. It was near to this town that Samson spent his early life, and there he was buried. Jos 15:33; 19:41; Jg 13:25; 16:31; 8/2/type/juliasmith'>18:2,8,11. Identified with Eshu'a, 31 47' N, 35 E.
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And the bound of their inheitance will be Zorah and Eshtaol, and the city of the Sun,
And the spirit of Jehovah will begin to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and between Eshtaol.
And his brethren and all the house of his father will go down and will lift him up, and will bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the grave of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
And the sons of Dan will send from their families five men from their extremities, men sons of power, from Zorah and Eshtaol, to search the land and to examine it; and they will say to them, Go and examine the land: and they will come to mount Ephraim, even to the house of Micah, and they will lodge there.
And they will come to their brethren of Zomh and Eshtaol; and their brethren will say to them, What ye?
And they will remove from thence from the families of the Danites, and from Zorah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.
Smith
Esh'taol
(a pass), a town in the low country --the Shefelah --of Judah, after wards allotted to Dan.
Here Samson spent his boyhood, and hither after his last exploit his body was brought.
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And the bound of their inheitance will be Zorah and Eshtaol, and the city of the Sun,
And the spirit of Jehovah will begin to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and between Eshtaol.
And his brethren and all the house of his father will go down and will lift him up, and will bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the grave of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
And the sons of Dan will send from their families five men from their extremities, men sons of power, from Zorah and Eshtaol, to search the land and to examine it; and they will say to them, Go and examine the land: and they will come to mount Ephraim, even to the house of Micah, and they will lodge there.
And they will come to their brethren of Zomh and Eshtaol; and their brethren will say to them, What ye?
And they will remove from thence from the families of the Danites, and from Zorah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war. And they will go up and encamp in the City of Forests, in Judah: for this they called that place the camp of Dan, even to this day: behold, it behind the City of Forests.