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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(a way). Town in
Judah
and
Dan
(
Josh. 15:33; 19:41
33
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, (Joshua 15:33)
41
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, (Joshua 19:41)
);
burial
place of
Samson
(
Judg. 13:25; 16:31; 18:2-11
25
And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. (Judges 13:25)
31
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. (Judges 16:31)
2
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
3
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
4
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
5
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
6
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.
7
Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
8
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
9
And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
10
When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
11
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. (Judges 18:2‑11)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Town in the lowlands of
Judah
, allotted to
Dan
. It was near to this town that
Samson
spent his early
life
, and there he was buried (
Josh. 15:33
33
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, (Joshua 15:33)
;
Josh. 19:41
41
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, (Joshua 19:41)
;
Judg. 13:25
25
And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. (Judges 13:25)
;
Judg. 16:31
31
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. (Judges 16:31)
;
Judg. 18:2, 8, 11
2
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. (Judges 18:2)
8
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? (Judges 18:8)
11
And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. (Judges 18:11)
). Identified with
Eshu'a
, 31° 47' N, 35° E.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
847
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
’Eshta’ol
Phonic:
esh-taw-ole’
Meaning:
or mEshtafowl {esh-taw-ole'}; probably from
7592
; intreaty; Eshtaol, a place in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Eshtaol
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
I will be entreated
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Asked of woman; entreaty; a receding; hollowed out:―a place in Palestine, Josh. 15:33. {A muliere petitum}
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