Reference: Tirzah
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Pleasant, Song 6:4, a city of the Canaanites, Jos 12:24, and afterwards of the tribe of Manasseh or Ephraism; and the royal seat of the kings of Israel from the time of Jeroboam to the reign of Omri, who built the city of Samaria, which then became the capital of this kingdom, 1Ki 15:21,33; 16:6,23; 2Ki 15:14,16. Its exact location is unknown.
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In the third year of the reign of King Asa of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel. He ruled in Tirzah for twenty-four years.
Baasha rested with his fathers. He was buried at Tirzah; and Elah his son became king in his place.
Omri began to rule Israel in Asa's thirty-first year as king of Judah. He ruled for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
(The Beloved) You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
Hastings
1. One of the 31 cities captured by Joshua (Jos 12:24). It was the residence of Jeroboam i. (1Ki 14:17) and his successors down to Omri (15/21/type/nsb'>1Ki 15:21; 16:6,8,15,17,23). The doubtful reference in Song 6:4 compares the Shulammite to Tirzah in beauty. The site is uncertain. Three different identifications have met with favour: Talluza, a village E. of Samaria and N. of Mt. Ebal; et-Tireh, a village close to Mt. Gerizim; and Teyasir, 11 m. N. of N
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Zelophehad, son of Hepher, had no sons-only daughters. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Zelophehad, son of Hepher, grandson of Gilead, descendant of Machir, whose father was Manasseh, belonged to the families of Manasseh, son of Joseph. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah married their cousins on their father's side of the family.
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.
Jeroboam's wife went back to Tirzah. Just as she entered her home, the child died.
Baasha rested with his fathers. He was buried at Tirzah; and Elah his son became king in his place.
In the twenty-sixth year that Asa was king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, became king of Israel in Tirzah. He was king for two years.
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa, king of Judah, Zimri was king for seven days in Tirzah. The people were attacking Gibbethon in the land of the Philistines.
Then Omri went up from Gibbethon, with all the army of Israel, and they attacked Tirzah, Israel's capital.
Omri began to rule Israel in Asa's thirty-first year as king of Judah. He ruled for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah.
(The Beloved) You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
Morish
Tir'zah
1. Youngest daughter of Zelophehad. Nu 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Jos 17:3.
2. Ancient Canaanite city conquered by Joshua. At the division of the kingdom it became a royal city for the kings of Israel. In Cant. 6:4 it is referred to as being 'beautiful,' but the LXX and the Vulgate do not in this passage regard it as a proper name. Jos 12:24; 1Ki 14:17; 15:21,33; 16:6-23; 2Ki 15:14,16. Identified with Teiasir, 32 20' N, 35 23' E.
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Zelophehad, son of Hepher, had no sons-only daughters. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Zelophehad, son of Hepher, grandson of Gilead, descendant of Machir, whose father was Manasseh, belonged to the families of Manasseh, son of Joseph. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah married their cousins on their father's side of the family.
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.
Smith
Tir'zah
(delight), youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad.
Nu 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Jos 17:3
(B.C. 1450.)
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Zelophehad, son of Hepher, had no sons-only daughters. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Zelophehad, son of Hepher, grandson of Gilead, descendant of Machir, whose father was Manasseh, belonged to the families of Manasseh, son of Joseph. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah married their cousins on their father's side of the family.
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.