Zorah
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Judges 13:2 names it: “There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah”. At 13:25 the LORD’s Spirit begins to move Samson in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol, and at 16:31 Samson’s brothers and all the house of his father bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. Judges 18:2 says that the children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; at 18:8 the five men come to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, and at 18:11 the family of the Danites sets out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
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- 2CH 11:6–10, engwebp
6He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
- JDG 13:2–5, engwebp
2There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
3The LORD’s angel appeared to the woman, and said to her, “See now, you are barren and childless; but you shall conceive and bear a son.
4Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing;
5for, behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son. No razor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”
- JDG 13:24–25, engwebp
24The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
25The LORD’s Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- JDG 16:31, engwebp
31Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
- JDG 18:1–2, engwebp
1In those days there was no king in Israel. In those days the tribe of the Danites sought an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day, their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
2The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
- JDG 18:7–10, engwebp
7Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they lived in safety, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no one in the land possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with anyone else.
8They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”
9They said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. Do you stand still? Don’t be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.
10When you go, you will come to an unsuspecting people, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”
- JDG 18:11–13, engwebp
11The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
12They went up and encamped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place Mahaneh Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind Kiriath Jearim.
13They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
- NEH 11:25–30, engwebp
25As for the villages with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
26in Jeshua, in Moladah, Beth Pelet,
27in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its towns,
28in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,
29in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,
30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Zorah” by name and 8 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Tel Tzora (confidence 832 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
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- Tel Tzora
OpenBible.info confidence 832 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.77399, 34.98529
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Zorah” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (1) — The five men come to Laish, see the people, and return to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol
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There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and childless.
The LORD’s Spirit began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
The children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land!” They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
They came to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol; and their brothers asked them, “What do you say?”
The family of the Danites set out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Zorah (place-zorah) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/zorah Current wording: Judges 13:2 names it: “There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah”. At 13:25 the LORD’s Spirit begins to move Samson in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol, and at 16:31 Samson’s brothers and all the house of his father bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. Judges 18:2 says that the children of Dan sent five men of their family from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; at 18:8 the five men come to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, and at 18:11 the family of the Danites sets out from Zorah and Eshtaol with six hundred men armed with weapons of war. Cited evidence: 2CH 11:6–10, engwebp / JDG 13:2–5, engwebp / JDG 13:24–25, engwebp / JDG 16:31, engwebp / JDG 18:1–2, engwebp / JDG 18:7–10, engwebp / JDG 18:11–13, engwebp / NEH 11:25–30, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.