Judges 16:31

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Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.

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The Twelve Tribes of IsraelCanaan divided among the twelve tribes of Israel after the conquest under Joshua.

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Gaza was a major Philistine city where Samson died after destroying Dagon’s temple; Hebron, in Judah’s hill country, lay about forty miles away, where his family buried him. The Valley of Sorek, between Philistine and Israelite territory, included Samson’s home area near Zorah and frames his conflicted calling against the Philistines.

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Judges 16:31 mentions Gaza, Hebron, Valley of Sorek and Zorah.

Photo of Hebron — Hebron · Dr. Avishai Teicher

Photo of Valley of Sorek — Valley of Sorek · הדס