Zorah

How Nave’s arranged it

• Also called ZAREAH and ZOREAH
• A city of the tribe of Dan or possibly the tribe of JudahJoshua 15:33Joshua 19:41
• The city of SamsonJudges 13:2Judges 13:24Judges 13:25Judges 16:31
• Representatives of the tribe of Dan sent from, to spy out the land with a view to its conquestJudges 18
• Fortified by Rehoboam2 Chronicles 11:10
• Re-populated after the captivityNehemiah 11:29

The passages, in Bible order (9)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 9 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Joshua 15:33

   These were in the foothills:

   ›Commentary on Joshua 15:332 voices

   “And in the valley,.... In Jos 15:33 are enumerated the several cities belonging to the tribe of Judah which lay in the valley.

   “Eshtaol, and Zoreah - Here Samson was buried, it being the burial-place of his fathers; see Jdg 16:31. These places though first given to Judah, afterwards fell to the lot of Dan, Jos 19:41.

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2. Joshua 19:41

   The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,

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   “And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol,....

   “Zorah, and Eshtaol - See the note on Jos 15:33. Ir-shemesh - The city of sun; another proof of the idolatry of the Canaanites. Some think this was the same as Beth-shemesh.

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3. Judges 13:2

   Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

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   “And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,....

   “After the spirit of the Hebrews had been so subdued by the pressure of a long subjection that no one dared with a manly spirit to rouse them to liberty, Samson, fore-ordained by the Divine oracle, was raised up to them. A great man he was, not one of the multitude, but first among the few, and beyond controversy far excelling all in bodily strength.

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4. Judges 13:24

   So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

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   “And the woman bare a son, and called name Samson,.... After these appearances were over, Manoah and his wife returned to their habitation, and she soon became pregnant, and at the usual course of time brought forth a son, and she gave him the name of Samson; for what reason it is not easy to determine.

   “And called his name Samson - The original שמשון shimshon, which is from the root שמש shamash, to serve, (whence shemesh, the sun), probably means either a little sun, or a little servant; and this latter is so likely a name to be imposed on an only son, by maternal fondness, that it leaves but little doubt of the propriety of the etymology. And the Lord blessed him - Gave evident proofs that the child was under the peculiar protection of the Most High; causing him to increase daily in stature and extraordinary strength.

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5. Judges 13:25

   And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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   “And why should i speak of all one by one? Samson, born by the divine promise, had the Spirit accompanying him, for we read: "The Lord blessed him, and the Spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp." And so foreshadowing the future mystery, he demanded a wife of the aliens, which, as it is written, his father and mother knew not of, because it was from the Lord.

   “And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan,....

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6. Judges 16:31

   Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.

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   “Satan the tyrant outwitted Samson with a woman, the same tyrant outwitted Adam with a woman: Samson had to grind at the mill, Adam had to labor wearily on the soil; Samson prayed to be released, whereas we pray to grow old in our misery. …

   “Then his brethren, and all the house of his father, came down,.... To Gaza, having heard of what had befallen him there.

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7. Judges 18:1

   In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

   ›Commentary on Judges 18:12 voices

   “In those days there was no king in Israel,....

   “There was no king in Israel - See Jdg 17:6 (note). The circumstances related here show that this must have happened about the time of the preceding transactions. The tribe of the Danites - That is, a part of this tribe; some families of it. All their inheritance - That is, they had not got an extent of country sufficient for them.

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8. 2 Chronicles 11:10

   Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

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   “And Zorah,.... The same with Zoreah, Jos 15:33, and Aijalon; there was a city of the tribe of Dan of this name, in the valley of which the moon stood still in the times of Joshua, Jos 10:12, but whether the same with this, and now belonging to Judah, or another of the same name, is not certain: and Hebron; a city in the mountainous part of Judah, and a city of refuge, about twenty miles from Jerusalem, Jos 15:54, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities; as they were now made by Rehoboam.

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9. Nehemiah 11:29

   in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,

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