Zorah

      Zorah

      meaning: leprosy; scab; hornet

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    Dictionary Summary: Place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan ([Josh. 19:41](/josh#Josh.19.41); [Judg. 18:2](/judg#Judg.18.2)), probably the same as Zoreah ([Josh. 15:33](/josh#Josh.15.33)). This was Samson’s birthplace ([Judg. 13:2](/judg#Judg.13.2), [25](/judg#Judg.13.25)), and near it he found a grave (16:31). It was situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the valley of Sorek, and was fortified by Rehoboam ([2 Chr. 11:10](/2chr#2Chr.11.10)). It has been identified with Sur’ah, in the Wady Surar, 8 miles west of Jerusalem. It is noticed on monuments in the fifteenth century B.C. as attacked by the Abiri or Hebrews. 2

    Cross References
    BookCross-References
    Josh
      15.33 19.41 
    Judg
      13.2 13.25 16.31 18.2 18.8 18.11 
    2Chr
      11.10 

    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.) 

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        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. 

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        M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

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        Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.