Reference: Zorah
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A city of Danites within the limits of Judah, 2Ch 11:12, called also Zoreah, Jos 15:33; 19:40. Samson was a Zorite, or Zorathite, Jg 13:2,25; 1Ch 2:54; 4:2. It is now recognized in a secluded mountain village called Surah, on the edge of the hills north of Beth-shemesh. The road followed by Samson in going to Timnath leads down through rocky gorges, very likely to be haunted by wild beasts. It was here that he slew the lion, without the help of any weapon, Jg 14:5-7.
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To the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families came forth the seventh lot
And there will be one man from Zorah from the families of the Danites, and his name Manoah; and his wife sterile, and she bare not
And the spirit of Jehovah will begin to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and between Eshtaol.
And Samson will go down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they will come even to the vineyards of Timnath: and behold, a young lion roared at his meeting. And the spirit of Jehovah will fall suddenly upon him, and he will rend him as rending a kid, and nothing whatever in his hand: and he announced not to his father and to his mother what he did. read more. And he will go down and speak to the woman, and she will be right in the eyes of Samson.
And in every city and city, shields and spears, and he will strengthen them very greatly, and there will be to him Judah and Benjamin.
Easton
place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan (Jos 19:41; Jg 18:2), probably the same as Zoreah (Jos 15:33). This was Samson's birthplace (Jg 13:2,25), and near it he found a grave (Jg 16:31). It was situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the valley of Sorek, and was fortified by Rehoboam (2Ch 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.
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And the bound of their inheitance will be Zorah and Eshtaol, and the city of the Sun,
And there will be one man from Zorah from the families of the Danites, and his name Manoah; and his wife sterile, and she bare not
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 Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of fortifications.
Fausets
ZORAH or ZOREAH. Jos 15:33. Colonized by Kirjath Jearim (1Ch 2:53; 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 (Jg 13:2,25) 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: Jg 18:8; 11-12) between Zorah and Eshtaol; this post was a check on the Philistines, in force at Timnath three miles off (Jg 14:1-4; 15:6). Here was the family burial place (Jg 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 (Jg 15:5; 16:4; Hebrew Ge 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. (Ne 11:29 ZAREAH.)
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Binding his colt to the vine, and to the purple vine the son of the she-ass; he washed in wine his garment, and his clothing in the blood of grapes.
To the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families came forth the seventh lot
And there will be one man from Zorah from the families of the Danites, and his name Manoah; and his wife sterile, and she bare not
And the spirit of Jehovah will begin to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and between Eshtaol.
And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath from the daughters of Philisteim. And he will go up and announce to his father and his mother, and will say, I saw a woman in Timnath from the daughters of Philisteim: and now take her to me for a wife. read more. And his father will say to him, and his mother, Is there not among the daughters of thy brethren, and among all my people, a woman, that thou goest to take a woman from uncircumcised Philisteim? And Samson will say to his father, Take her to me, for she is straight in mine eyes. And his father and his mother knew not that it was from Jehovah that he seeking an occasion from Philisteim; for in this time Philisteim was ruling over Israel
And he will kindle fire upon the torches and will send into the standing grain of Philisteim, and will burn up from the heap of sheaves and even to the standing grain, and even to the vineyard and the olive. And Philisteim will say, Who did this? and they will say, Samson, son in-law of the Timnite, for he took his wife and he will give her to his companion. And Philisteim will go up and will burn her and her father with fire.
And it will be after this, and he will love a woman in the valley of Shorek, and her name Delilah.
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 they will come to their brethren of Zomh and Eshtaol; and their brethren will say to them, What ye?
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.
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These the families of the Zorathites.
And Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of fortifications.
And he will dig it up, and he will free it from stones, and he will plant it with a vine of purple grapes, and build a tower in its midst, and he will also hew out a wine-vat in it: and he will wait for grapes to be made, and it will make wild grapes.
And I planted thee a vine of purple grapes, wholly a true seed: and how didst thou turn to me the removings of a strange vine?
Hastings
A town allotted to Judah, according to Jos 15:33; but elsewhere spoken of as Danite (Jos 19:41; Jg 18:2-3,11); specially noted as the home of Samson (Jg 13:2,25), who was buried between Zorah and Eshtaol (Jg 16:21). It was fortified by Rehoboam (2Ch 11:10), and is mentioned in Ne 11:29 as peopled by Judahites after the Captivity. The gentilic name Zorathites occurs in 1Ch 2:52; 4:2 and prob. 1Ch 2:54 (where read Zorathites for Zorites). Zorah is the modern Sur'ah on the northern side of W
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And the bound of their inheitance will be Zorah and Eshtaol, and the city of the Sun,
And there will be one man from Zorah from the families of the Danites, and his name Manoah; and his wife sterile, and she bare not
And the spirit of Jehovah will begin to move him in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and between Eshtaol.
And Philisteim will seize him, and they will bore out his eyes, and will bring him down to Gaza and bind him with fetters of brass, and he will be grinding in the house of bonds.
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 with the house of Micah, and they knew the voice of the youth, the Levite: and they will turn aside there and say to him, Who brought thee hither? and what didst thou in here? and what to thee here?
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 to Shobal the father of the city of forests will be sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahethites.
The sons of Salma: the house of bread, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half the Manahethites, the Zorites.
And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These the families of the Zorathites.
And Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of fortifications.
Morish
Zo'rah Zareah, Za'reah Zoreah. Zo'reah
City in the west of Judah, but reckoned to Dan, on the Philistine frontier: it was the birth-place of Samson, and he was buried in its neighbourhood. Jos 15:33; 19:41; Jg 13:2,25; 16:31; 8/2/type/juliasmith'>18:2,8,11; 2Ch 11:10; Ne 11:29. Identified with Surah, 31 47' N, 34 59' E.
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And the bound of their inheitance will be Zorah and Eshtaol, and the city of the Sun,
And there will be one man from Zorah from the families of the Danites, and his name Manoah; and his wife sterile, and she bare not
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
Zo'rah
(hornet), a town in the allotment of the tribe of Dan,
It is previously mentioned ch.
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.
It is perhaps identical with the modern village of Sur'ah.
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And the bound of their inheitance will be Zorah and Eshtaol, and the city of the Sun,
And Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, cities of fortifications.