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Easton's Bible Dictionary
pleasantness.
(1) An old royal city of the Canaanites, which was destroyed by Joshua ( Joshua
12:24 ). Jeroboam chose it for his residence, and he removed to it from Shechem,
which at first he made the capital of his kingdom. It remained the chief residence
of the kings of Israel till Omri took Samaria ( 1 Kings 14:17 ; 15:21 ; 16:6 ,
16:8 , etc.). Here Zimri perished amid the flames of the palace to which in his
despair he had set fire ( 1 Kings 16:18 ), and here Menahem smote Shallum ( 2
Kings 15:14 , 15:16 ). Solomon refers to its beauty (Song of Solomon 6:4 ). It
has been identified with the modern mud hamlet Teiasir, 11 miles north of Shechem.
Others, however, would identify it with Telluza, a village about 6 miles east
of Samaria.
(2) The youngest of Zelophehad's five daughters ( Numbers 26:33 ; Joshua 17:3
).
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
benevolent; complaisant; pleasing
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(1) An ancient Canaanite city, whose king is enumerated
among those overthrown in the conquest of the country. ( Joshua 12:24 ) It reappears
as a royal city, the residence of Jeroboam and of his successors, ( 1 Kings 14:17
, 14:18 ) and as the seat of the conspiracy of Menahem ben-Gaddi against the wretched
Shallum. ( 2 Kings 15:16 ) Its reputation for beauty throughout the country must
have been widespread. It is in this sense that it is spoken of in the Song of
Solomon. Eusebius mentions it in connection with Menahem, and identifies it with
a "village of Samaritans in Batanea." Its site is Telluzah, a place in the mountains
north of Nablus .
(2) (delight), Youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad. ( Numbers 26:33 ;
27:1 ; 36:11 ; Joshua 17:3 ) (B.C. 1450.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
tur'-za (tirtsah; Thersa):
(1) A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain by Joshua (Joshua
12:24). It superseded Shechem as capital of the Northern Kingdom (1 Kings 14:17,
etc.), and itself gave place in turn to Samaria. Here reigned Jeroboam, Nadab
his son, Baasha, Elah and Zimri (1 Kings 15:21 , 33 ; 16:6 , 8 , 9 , 15). Baasha
was buried in Tirzah. Here Elah was assassinated while "drinking himself drunk"
in the house of his steward; here therefore probably he was buried. Zimri perished
in the flames of his palace, rather than fall into Omri's hands. In Tirzah Menahem
matured his rebellion against Shallum (2 Kings 15:14). The place is mentioned
in Song of Solomon 6:4 the King James Version, where the Shulammite is said to
be "beautiful .... as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem." The comparison may be due
to the charm of its situation. The name may possibly be derived from ratsah, "to
delight."
Several identifications have been suggested. Buhl (Geographic des alten Palestina,
203) favors et-tireh, on the West of the plain of Makhneh, 4 miles South of Nablus,
which he identifies with the Tira-thana of Josephus. He quotes Neubauer to the
effect that the later Jews said Tir'an or Tar'ita instead of Tirzah, as weakening
the claim of Telluzah, which others (e.g. Robinson, BR, III, 302) incline to.
It is a partly ruined village with no spring, but with ancient cisterns, on a
hill about 4 miles East of North from Nablus. This was evidently the place intended
by Brocardius--Thersa, about 3 miles East of Samaria (Descriptio, VII). A third
claimant is Teiasir, a fortress at the point where the road from Abel-meholah
joins that from Shechem to Bethshan, fully 11 miles Northeast of Nablus. It is
impossible to decide with certainty. The heavy "T" in Telluzah is a difficulty.
Teiasir is perhaps too far from Shechem. Buhl's case for identification with eT-Tireh
is subject to the same difficulty as Telluzah.
(2) One of the five daughters of Zelophehad (Numbers 26:33 ; 27:1 ; 36:11 ; Joshua
17:3).
W. Ewing
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