< Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Zorah, place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan (Josh. 19:41; Judg. 18:2) probably the same as Zoreah (Josh. 15:33) This was Samson's birthplace (Judg. 13:2, 25) and near it he found a grave Jud 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) 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.

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