Biblical place

Where was Zorah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tel Tzora.

First appears in Joshua 15:33 · 5 books · 8 chapters

Overview

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. Modern identification: Tel Tzora.

Zorah is represented in the local geography layer as Tel Tzora. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:33 and is mentioned across 5 books, with 11 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 24 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 24 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 45 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 54 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Zorah today

Travel to Zorah, the modern-day Tel Tzora.

Zorah is commonly identified with Tel Tzora, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Zorah is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tel Tzora

31.774°N · 34.985°E

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