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SOREK, VALLEY OF (perh. = ‘valley of the soreq vine’ [cf. art. Vine]).—The valley or wâdy in which Delilah lived (Jdg_16:4). Eusebius and Jerome connect the valley with Capharsorec, a village to the north of Eleutheropolis and near Saraa, that is, Zorah, the home of Samson’s father. Capharsorec is now Khurbet Surîk, to the north of Wâdy es-Surâr, which is identified with ‘the valley of Sorek,’ and not far from Sur’ah. See also Zorah.