Bible Location
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The valley of Sorek was the western Judean valley where Samson's relationship with Delilah unfolded. It is important because it locates one of the judges period's most consequential betrayals in a real borderland between Judah and Philistia. First appears in Judg 16:4.1
Coordinates
31.83, 34.99
First appears
Judg 16:4
AI summary: The valley of Sorek matters because it is tied to the Samson narrative at the point where strength, desire, and vulnerability meet. Set in a fertile western corridor, it reflects the frontier world in which Israel and Philistia constantly touched, and it becomes the remembered setting of Samson's downfall through Delilah.1
Latitude
31.83
Longitude
34.99
Bible references
1
Choice vine, the name of a valley, i.e., a torrent-bed, now the Wady Surar, “valley of the fertile spot,” which drains the western Judean hills, and flowing by Makkedah and Jabneel, falls into the sea some eight miles south of Joppa. This was the home of Deliah, whom Samson loved (Judg. 16:4). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.