ZORAH

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Also called ZAREAH and ZOREAH
A city of the tribe of Dan or possibly the tribe of Judah
And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, (Joshua 15:3333And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, (Joshua 15:33))
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, (Joshua 19:4141And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh, (Joshua 19:41))
The city of Samson
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. (Judges 13:22And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. (Judges 13:2))
And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. (Judges 13:24-2524And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. (Judges 13:24‑25))
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 16:3131Then 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))
Representatives of the tribe of Dan sent from, to spy out the land with a view to its conquest
Judges 18.
Fortified by Rehoboam
And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. (2 Chronicles 11:1010And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. (2 Chronicles 11:10))
Re-populated after the captivity