Bible Location

Eshtaol

Meaning: a strong woman · 7 cross references · Modern-day map available

Eshtaol was a town on the Judah-Dan frontier in the western lowlands, close to Zorah. It is important above all because it belongs to the setting of Samson's life and to the early movements of the tribe of Dan. First appears in Josh 15:33.1

Place meaning

a strong woman

Coordinates

31.78, 35.01

First appears

Josh 15:33

AI summary: Eshtaol is woven into the frontier world where Dan struggled to hold territory and where Samson's story takes shape. It is named among the towns of the low country, but the Judges references give it its real character: this is part of Samson's home landscape, the place associated with the stirring of his calling and later with his burial. The same cluster of passages also ties Eshtaol to the Danite migration northward, so the town belongs to a story of instability, courage, and unfinished settlement. The cross references present Eshtaol as a borderland town strongly marked by Samson and by Dan's shifting fortunes.1

Place meaning

a strong woman

Latitude

31.78

Longitude

35.01

Bible references

7