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ZORAH.—A town allotted to Judah, according to Jos_15:33; but elsewhere spoken of as Danite (Jos_19:41, Jdg_18:2-3; Jdg_18:11); specially noted as the home of Samson (Jdg_13:2; Jdg_13:25), who was buried between Zorah and Eshtaol (Jdg_16:21). It was fortified by Rehoboam (2Ch_11:10), and is mentioned in Neh_11:29 as peopled by Judahites after the Captivity. The gentilic name Zorathites occurs in 1Ch_2:52; 1Ch_4:2 and prob. 1Ch_2:54 (where read Zorathites for Zorites). Zorah is the modern Sur‘ah on the northern side of Wâdy es-Surar (the Valley of Sorek) opposite ‘Ain Shems (Beth-shemesh), which lies on the southern side.