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</div>Zorah, place of wasps, a town in the low country of [[../Judah|Judah]], afterwards given to [[../Dan|Dan]] Jos 19:41 Jud 18:2 probably the same as Zoreah Jos 15:33 This was [[../Samson|Samson's]] birthplace Jud 13:2,25 and near it he found a [[../Grave|grave]] Jud 16:31 It was situated on the crest of a [[../Hill|hill]] overlooking the [[../Valley|valley]] of [[../Sorek|Sorek]], and was fortified by [[../Rehoboam|Rehoboam]] 2Ch 11:10 It has been identified with Sur'ah, in the Wady Surar, 8 miles west of [[../Jerusalem|Jerusalem]]. It is noticed on monuments in the fifteenth century B.C. as attacked by the Abiri or [[../Hebrews|Hebrews]].