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Sorek

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Easton's 1897Smith's 18631 verse reference

Easton's 1897

Choice vine, the name of a valley, i.e., a torrent-bed, now the Wady Surar, “valley of the fertile spot,” which drains the western Judean hills, and flowing by Makkedah and Jabneel, falls into the sea some eight miles south of Joppa. This was the home of Deliah, whom Samson loved (Judg. 16:4).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

(red), The valley of, a wady in which lay the residence of Delilah. (Judges 16:4) It was possibly nearer Gaza than any other of the chief Philistine cities, since thither Samson was taken after his capture at Delilah’s house.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

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