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ZORAH

(Heb. ṣorʿâ)

A small village in the tribal inheritance of Dan (Josh. 19:41), later annexed to Judah (15:33). The site is identified with Òarʿah/Tel Zorʿa (148131), ca. 21 km. (13 mi.) W of Jerusalem. High upon a hill, the settlement controlled the highway through the “great fosse” passing along the western base of the hill country connecting the Judean Shephelah and the road to Jerusalem. Zorah may have had limited access to fields in the valley, but nearby Beth-shemesh maintained strict control over the area. The Amarna Letters call Zorah Sia-ar-ha.

Samson’s Danite father, Manoah, was a Zorahite (Judg. 13:2). The village was fortified by Rehoboam prior to the invasion by Shishak of Egypt (2 Chr. 11:10) and was resettled in the postexilic period (Neh. 11:29).

Bibliography. G. A. Smith, The Historical Geography of the Holy Land, 25th rev. ed. (New York, 1966).

David C. Maltsberger

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ZORAH

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)