Tirzah

Listen from:
(pleasing). (1) Youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad (Num. 26:33). (2) An ancient Canaanite city captured by Joshua, and which afterward became the capital of the kingdom of Samaria, till Samaria, the new capital, was founded by King Omri. It was some 30 miles north of Jerusalem, and 5 miles east of Samaria (Josh. 12:24; 1 Kings 14:17; 15:21,33; 16:6; 2 Kings 15:14,16; Song of Sol. 6:4).