Joshua 19:41
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
BSB
ASV
And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
KJV
And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir–shemesh,
Zorah, and Eshtaol - See the note on Jos 15:33. Ir-shemesh - The city of sun; another proof of the idolatry of the Canaanites. Some think this was the same as Beth-shemesh.
Of their inheritance - Which is here described only by its cities, not its borders, which are in part the same with Judah's, and their inheritance is in good part taken out of Judah's too large portion; as appears from divers of the cities here mentioned, which are also reckoned in Judah's portion.
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Judges 13:2Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
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But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
Later, Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. And the LORD heard his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
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Joshua 15:33These were in the foothills:
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And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against…
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Judges 16:31Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
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And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.