The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
Parallel translations
- WEB The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
- KJV And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
- NKJV And the territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh,
- NASB The territory of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
- NLT The land allocated as their homeland included the following towns: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
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Quick answer
Dan's inheritance includes Zorah, Eshtaol, and Irshemesh. Zorah and Eshtaol would later be associated with Samson.
Overview
The territory listed lay in the fertile Shephelah near the Philistine frontier. Zorah and Eshtaol are the towns where the Spirit would later stir Samson, the Danite judge (Judges 13:25). This ordinary boundary list quietly names the stage for later acts of God's deliverance, showing how the land's geography served the unfolding story of redemption.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Chr 11:10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
- Judg 13:2Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.
- Judg 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.
- 1 Chr 2:53and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
- Judg 18:2So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
- Judg 13:25And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Josh 15:33These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
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