Dict: easton - Zorah

easton:

Zorah @ place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan kjv@Joshua:19:41; kjv@Judges:18:2), probably the same as Zoreah kjv@Joshua:15:33). This was Samson's birthplace kjv@Judges:13:2 kjv@Judges:13:25), and near it he found a grave (16:31). It was situated on the crest of a hill overlooking the valley of Sorek, and was fortified by Rehoboam ( kjv@2Chronicals: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.