Atlas Biblica

    place

    Sorek Valley

    שֹׂרֵק+H5158J

    Sorek Valley, the place where Delilah lived and where Samson's downfall began (Judg. 16:4).

    Where the story of Sorek Valley happensWhere the gazetteer locates Sorek Valley, framed to them: Sorek_Valley. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Sorek_Valley
    Where the gazetteer locates Sorek Valley
    verses
    1
    first named
    Judges 16:4
    last named
    Judges 16:4
    feature
    valley
    coordinates
    31.76°N · 35.05°E
    valley31.76°N · 35.05°E

    Nahal Sorek (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Sorek Valley in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    The Valley of Sorek was the place where Delilah, the woman who betrayed Samson, lived (Judg. 16:4). It was here that Samson fell in love with Delilah, who was eventually bribed by the Philistines to discover the secret of Samson's great strength. After three failed attempts, Delilah finally learned that Samson's strength was connected to his uncut hair, a symbol of his Nazirite vow (Judg. 16:15-17). She cut his hair while he slept, enabling the Philistines to capture him (Judg. 16:18-21). The exact location of the Sorek Valley is uncertain, but it was likely situated somewhere in the territory of Judah, near Philistine territory.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    Stands in the same events as

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. Judges1 verse

      16:4

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereEgyptAncient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and ExodusElsewhereJordanA river and region, significant in Israel's history

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

    What this rests on