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Where is Tirzah in the Bible?

Tirzah was a Canaanite city that was captured by Joshua during the conquest of Canaan (Josh. 12:24). Tirzah appears in 11 verses across 4 books of the Bible.

What happened at Tirzah?

Tirzah was a Canaanite city that was captured by Joshua during the conquest of Canaan (Josh. 12:24). It later became the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel during the reigns of Jeroboam I, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri (1Kgs. 14:17; 15:21, 33; 16:6-23). Tirzah served as the royal residence and administrative center until Omri built Samaria, which then became the new capital (1Kgs. 16:23-24). The city is also mentioned in the Song of Solomon, where the beauty of the Shulammite woman is likened to that of Tirzah (Sng.6.4). Tirzah's exact location is uncertain, but it is believed to have been situated in the hill country of Samaria, possibly near modern-day Tell el-Far'ah, about 7 miles northeast of Nablus.

Definition text: STEPBible · Tyndale House Cambridge. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Lightly edited for length and formatting.

Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.

Where does Tirzah appear in the Bible?

Tirzah is referenced in 11 verses across 4 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

1 Kings 72 Kings 2Joshua 1Song of Songs 1

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Tirzah.

BaashaZimriAsaOmriMenahemJeroboam

Common questions

How many times does the Bible mention Tirzah?

Tirzah appears in 11 verses across 4 books, most often in 1 Kings, which accounts for 7 of them.

Which books of the Bible mention Tirzah?

1 Kings, 2 Kings, Joshua, Song of Songs.

Where can I read every verse about Tirzah?

This page lists 11 of them. Protos carries all 11, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.

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