Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Zorah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Tzora.

First appears in Joshua 15:33 · 5 books · 8 chapters

Overview

Place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan (Josh. 19:41; Judg. 18:2), probably the same as Zoreah (Josh. 15:33). This was Samson’s birthplace. Modern identification: Tel Tzora.

Zorah is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Tzora. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:33 and is mentioned across 5 books, with 11 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Key passages

Appears in

Judges

3 chapter s · 6 verse mentions

Joshua

2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Nehemiah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention