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Tirzah () was a town in the Samarian highlands NE of Shechem; it is generally identified with Tell el-Farah (North), NE of modern Nablus, in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian village of Wadi al-Far'a and the Far'a refugee camp. It is located in a valley named Wadi Fa'rah in Arabic and Tirzah Valley in Hebrew. ==In the Bible== The town of Tirzah is first mentioned in the Bible in as having had a king whom the Israelites smote; it is not mentioned again until after the period of the United Monarchy. During the time of King Jeroboam, Tirzah is mentioned as the place where Abijah, son of Jeroboam, died as a result of illness (). Later Tirzah is described as a capital of the northern kingdom of Israel during the reigns of Baasha, Elah, Zimri and Omri (, , ). The royal palace at Tirzah was set on fire by Zimri when he was faced with having to surrender to Omri. Omri reigned from Tirzah for six years after which he moved Israel's capital to Samaria. Tirzah is mentioned in , when Menahem went from Tirzah to Samaria, assassinated King Shallum and became King of Israel. Tirzah is mentioned in ''Song of Songs'' (6:4 ), where the lover compares his beloved's beauty to that of Tirzah. If the authorship of Song of Songs can be attributed to Solomon, then this is a reference to the city during the United Monarchy. However, Song of Songs provides no definite historical context to allow it to be dated on that basis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tirzah (ancient city)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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