Zorah @ place of wasps, a town in the low country of Judah, afterwards given to Dan Joshua:19:41; Judges:18:2), probably the same as Zoreah Joshua:15:33). This was Samson's birthplace Judges:13:2Judges: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 ( 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.
