Joshua 12:24

Tirzah meets us as the residence of the kings of Israel for a time in the narrative in 1 Kings. Jeroboam's wife went thither after her interview with Ahijah ( Joshua 14:1-15 :17). Baasha dwelt there ( Joshua 15:21 , Joshua 15:33 ; Joshua 16:6 ), Elah was slain there by Zimri ( Joshua 16:9 , Joshua 16:10 ), and it. remained the capital until Omri built Samaria ( Joshua 16:1-10 :23, 24). Thenceforward we hear no more of it till the time of Menahem ( 2 Kings 15:14 , 2 Kings 15:16 ), when it disappears from history. It has been variously identified—by Robinson and Yandevelde (whom Knobel follows) with Talluza, two hours journey north of Shechem; by Conder with Teiasu, where there are numerous rock sepulchres. It was a place of great beauty, if we may judge from So 1 Kings 6:4 , "Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem."

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