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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 fatherManoah between Eshtaol and Zorah (Judges 16:31).
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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 ]
[199] [200] On the other hand, Judges 13:25 names it as the place where Samson lived and where "the spirit of the LORD began to stir in him", but gives it a different location, "between Zorah and Eshtaol".
According to tradition, the mosque stands on the site of the Philistine temple dedicated to Dagon—the god of fertility—which Samson toppled in the Book of Judges. Later, a temple dedicated to Marnas—god of rain and grain—was erected. [8] [9] Local legend today claims that Samson is buried under the present mosque. [3]
Once inside the temple, Samson, his hair having grown long again, prays to the Lord, and removes the two pillars holding up the temple, destroying it and killing himself and everyone inside. PEOPLE: Samson - Gazites - Delilah - Philistines - יהוה YHVH God. PLACES: Gaza - Hebron - Sorek - Zorah - Eshtaol. RELATED ARTICLES: City gate ...
Timnath or Timnah was a Philistine city in Canaan that is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Judges 14 and in connection with Samson.Modern archaeologists identify the ancient site with a tell lying on a flat, alluvial plain, located in the Sorek Valley ca. 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-west of Beit Shemesh, near moshav Tal Shahar in Israel, known in Hebrew as Tel Batash (תל בטש) or Teluliot ...