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    Zorah

    צׇרְעָה

    Zorah was a town in the Shephelah region, originally allotted to Judah and later to Dan, and was the hometown of Samson .

    Where the story of Zorah happensWhere the gazetteer locates Zorah, framed to them: Zorah. 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.Zorah
    Where the gazetteer locates Zorah
    verses
    10
    first named
    Joshua 15:33
    last named
    Nehemiah 11:29
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.77°N · 34.99°E
    settlement31.77°N · 34.99°E

    Tel Tzora (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Zorah in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Zorah was a town located in the Shephelah, the foothills between the coastal plain and the hill country of Judah. It was originally allotted to the tribe of Judah (Jos.15.33) but later became part of the territory of Dan (Jos.19.41). Zorah was the hometown of Samson, the judge of Israel (Jdg.13.2). The Spirit of the Lord began to stir Samson in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol (Jdg.13.25). Men from Zorah and Eshtaol were involved in the Danite migration (Jdg.18.2,8,11). Samson was buried between Zorah and Eshtaol (Jdg.16.31). During the reign of Rehoboam, Zorah was fortified as a defensive city (2Ch.11.10). In the time of Nehemiah, the people of Zorah helped rebuild Jerusalem (Neh.11.29). Zorah is identified with the modern-day village of Sar'a, about 15 miles west of Jerusalem.

    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.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 10 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 10, across 4 books.

    1. Joshua2 verses

      15:3319:41

    2. Judges6 verses

      13:213:2516:3118:218:818:11

    3. 2 Chronicles1 verse

      11:10

    4. Nehemiah1 verse

      11:29

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Some People Of Judah’s residenceAdullamA Canaanite city, later fortified by Judah.via Some People Of Judah’s residenceAinA city in Judah, allotted to the Levites.via Some People Of Judah’s residenceAzekahJudean town, site of battles and sieges.via Some People Of Judah’s residenceBeershebaImportant city in southern Israel, associated with the patriarchs.via Some People Of Judah’s residenceBeth-peletTown in southern Judah, resettled after the Babylonian exile.via Some People Of Judah’s residenceDibonA city in Judah, inhabited by the tribe of Judah.via Some People Of Judah’s residenceHazar-shualTown allotted to Judah and Simeonvia Some People Of Judah’s residenceHebronAn important city in Judah; burial place of patriarchs.via Some People Of Judah’s residenceJarmuthA Canaanite city, later allotted to Judah

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    What happened here

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