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Zorah has been identified with the biblical Zoreah (Joshua 15:33), and is the birthplace of Samson. [2] Judges 13:2 states: "there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah". Samson's grave is recorded as being near there (Judges 16:31), and which the historian Josephus says was in a village called ...
According to the biblical narrative, Samson began to be agitated by the Spirit of God in the locality of Mahaneh Dan (the camp of Dan), the district "between Zorah and Eshtaol" (Judges 13:25). After his death in Gaza , Samson's body was brought back for burial in the tomb of his father Manoah between Eshtaol and Zorah ( Judges 16:31 ).
According to the biblical text, Samson is said to come from its vicinity. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 7 ] Additionally, part of the tribe of Dan is said to have left this town to settle elsewhere. [ 5 ] [ 7 ]
Rock of Etam is mentioned as a rock with the cave where Samson hid after smiting the Philistines "hip and thigh with a great slaughter." [1] It was in Judah but apparently in the low hill country (same place as the town of Etam) .
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The kibbutz is named for the biblical village of Tzora, [2] which may have been a Canaanite town. [3] The name was taken from the Biblical Book of Judges (13:25): "And the spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol."
A Southern California coastal area long prone to landslides continues to inch toward the ocean at a rising speed posing danger to human life and infrastructure, a new NASA report shows.. The Palos ...
Nahal Sorek was the place where Delilah lived, and Samson came to meet her for the first time. It was also the place she enticed him to tell her the secret of his strength, and where he was eventually captured by the Philistines: