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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The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
There was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife was not able to have children.
Jehovah's power strengthened him while he was between Zorah and Eshtaol in the Camp of Dan.
Samson went to Timnah with his father and mother. When they traveled through the vineyards he heard a young lion roaring. Suddenly the power of Jehovah made Samson strong. He tore the lion apart with his bare hands, as if it were a young goat. But he did not tell his parents what he had done. read more. Then he went and talked to the young woman. He wanted her.
He stored shields and spears in each city. He made the cities very secure. Rehoboam held on to 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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There was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife was not able to have children.
Jehovah's power strengthened him while he was between Zorah and Eshtaol in the Camp of Dan.
His brothers and the rest of his family came to get his body. They took him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had been Israel's judge for twenty years.
The people of Dan sent five qualified men out of all the families in the tribe from the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol with instructions to explore the land and spy on it. When they arrived in the mountains of Ephraim, they stayed at Micah's house.
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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He will tie his donkey to a grapevine, his colt to the best vine. He will wash his clothes in wine, his garments in the blood of grapes.
The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
There was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife was not able to have children.
Jehovah's power strengthened him while he was between Zorah and Eshtaol in the Camp of Dan.
One day Samson traveled to Timnah. He noticed a young Philistine woman. He went home and told his father and mother: A Philistine woman at Timnah caught my attention. Get her for me. I want to marry her. read more. His father and mother asked him: Why do you go to those heathen Philistines to get a wife? Can you not find someone in our own family or among all our people? Samson told his father: I like her! She is the one I want. Get her for me. His parents did not know Jehovah was leading Samson to do this. Jehovah was looking for an opportunity to fight the Philistines. At this time the Philistines were ruling Israel.
Then he set fire to the torches and turned the foxes loose in the Philistine wheat fields. In this way he burned up both the shocks and the standing grain still in the fields. The olive orchards were also burned. When the Philistines asked who had done this, they learned that Samson had done it because his father-in-law, a man from Timnah, had given Samson's wife to a friend of Samson's. So the Philistines burned the woman to death and burned down her father's house.
After this, Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in Sorek Valley.
His brothers and the rest of his family came to get his body. They took him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had been Israel's judge for twenty years.
and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
He dug the soil all around and removed its stones. He planted it with the choicest vine. And he built a tower in the middle of it and also hewed out a wine vat in it. Then he expected it to produce good grapes, but it only produced worthless ones.
I planted you like a choice grapevine from the very best seed. Now you have turned against me and have become a wild 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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There was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife was not able to have children.
Jehovah's power strengthened him while he was between Zorah and Eshtaol in the Camp of Dan.
The Philistines captured him and put his eyes out. They took him to Gaza, chained him with copper chains. They put him to work grinding at the mill in the prison.
The people of Dan sent five qualified men out of all the families in the tribe from the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol with instructions to explore the land and spy on it. When they arrived in the mountains of Ephraim, they stayed at Micah's house. While they were at Micah's house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite, so they went up to him and asked: What are you doing here? Who brought you here?
Six hundred men from the tribe of Dan left Zorah and Eshtaol, ready for war.
The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
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/nsb'>18:2,8,11; 2Ch 11:10; Ne 11:29. Identified with Surah, 31 47' N, 34 59' E.
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There was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife was not able to have children.
Jehovah's power strengthened him while he was between Zorah and Eshtaol in the Camp of Dan.
His brothers and the rest of his family came to get his body. They took him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had been Israel's judge for twenty years.
The people of Dan sent five qualified men out of all the families in the tribe from the towns of Zorah and Eshtaol with instructions to explore the land and spy on it. When they arrived in the mountains of Ephraim, they stayed at Micah's house.
Six hundred men from the tribe of Dan left Zorah and Eshtaol, ready for 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.