1 Kgs 14:17

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Tirzah.

Tirzah was a city of Ephraim, to which tribe Jeroboam belonged; and appears to have been pleasantly situated, as it is said in So 6:4, "Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah," though its precise situation cannot now be ascertained. It seems to have been the royal city, and the seat of government for a long time after the revolt of the ten tribes, till Omri built Samaria.

1Kgs 15:21; 1Kgs 15:33; 1Kgs 16:6; 1Kgs 16:8; 1Kgs 16:9; 1Kgs 16:15; 1Kgs 16:23; Josh 12:24; Song 6:4

when she came.

1Kgs 14:12; 1Kgs 14:13; 1Sam 2:20-34; 1Sam 4:18-20