Tirzah
디르사
Named at 1 Kings 14:17: “Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.” There the Korean Revised Version reads 디르사로 돌아가서, returned to Tirzah. At 15:21 Baasha stops building Ramah, and lives in Tirzah; 15:33 says, “In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.” 1 Kings 16:6 says that Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; 16:8–10, that Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years, and that his servant Zimri conspired against him while he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah, and went in and struck him and killed him; 16:15–18, that Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah, that Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah, and that when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the fortified part of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died; and 16:23, that Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years and reigned six years in Tirzah.
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- 1KI 14:17–18, engwebp
17Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
18All Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.
- 1KI 15:16–22, engwebp
16There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of the LORD’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,
19“Let there be a treaty between me and you, like that between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”
20Ben Hadad listened to King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
22Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and King Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
- 1KI 15:32–34, engwebp
32There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
33In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.
34He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
- 1KI 16:5–7, engwebp
5Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
6Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
7Moreover the LORD’s word came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the LORD’s sight, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.
- 1KI 16:8–14, engwebp
8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.
9His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;
10and Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
11When he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he attacked all the house of Baasha. He didn’t leave him a single one who urinates on a wall among his relatives or his friends.
12Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
13for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and with which they made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
14Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1KI 16:15–20, engwebp
15In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
16The people who were encamped heard that Zimri had conspired, and had also killed the king. Therefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.
17Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
18When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the fortified part of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
19for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did to make Israel to sin.
20Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he committed, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 1KI 16:23–28, engwebp
23In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah.
24He bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
25Omri did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, and dealt wickedly above all who were before him.
26For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
27Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
28So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
- 2KI 15:13–15, engwebp
13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for a month in Samaria.
14Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, killed him, and reigned in his place.
15Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
- 2KI 15:16, engwebp
16Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its border areas, from Tirzah. He attacked it because they didn’t open their gates to him, and he ripped up all their women who were with child.
- SNG 6:4–10, engwebp
4You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
5Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead.
6Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing, of which every one has twins; not one is bereaved among them.
7Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
8There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
9My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.
10Who is she who looks out as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?
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Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Tirzah” by name and 12 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Tell el Farah (confidence 834 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
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- Tell el Farah
OpenBible.info confidence 834 of 1000 (current scholarship)
32.2874, 35.3378
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Tirzah” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (7) — Jeroboam’s wife comes to Tirzah, the child dies, and all Israel buries the child, Asa sends silver and gold to Ben Hadad, Baasha stops building Ramah, and King Asa builds Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah, Baasha reigns over all Israel in Tirzah, and walks in the way of Jeroboam, Baasha sleeps with his fathers and is buried in Tirzah, Zimri kills Elah in Tirzah and destroys all the house of Baasha, Zimri, who reigned seven days, burns the king’s house over him and dies, Omri buys the hill Samaria of Shemer, builds a city on it, and calls it Samaria
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Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.
When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.
In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.
Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his place.
In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years.
His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;
In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years. He reigned six years in Tirzah.
Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, killed him, and reigned in his place.
Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its border areas, from Tirzah. He attacked it because they didn’t open their gates to him, and he ripped up all their women who were with child.
You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
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Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 14:17: “Jeroboam’s wife arose and departed, and came to Tirzah. As she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.” There the Korean Revised Version reads 디르사로 돌아가서, returned to Tirzah. At 15:21 Baasha stops building Ramah, and lives in Tirzah; 15:33 says, “In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.” 1 Kings 16:6 says that Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; 16:8–10, that Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah for two years, and that his servant Zimri conspired against him while he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah, and went in and struck him and killed him; 16:15–18, that Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah, that Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah, and that when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the fortified part of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died; and 16:23, that Omri began to reign over Israel for twelve years and reigned six years in Tirzah.
Cited evidence: 1KI 14:17–18, engwebp / 1KI 15:16–22, engwebp / 1KI 15:32–34, engwebp / 1KI 16:5–7, engwebp / 1KI 16:8–14, engwebp / 1KI 16:15–20, engwebp / 1KI 16:23–28, engwebp / 2KI 15:13–15, engwebp (and 2 more of 10)
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