Central hill country (Ephraim) · Old Testament · 17 verses
Tirzah was a city in the hill country that served as an early capital of the northern kingdom. It was known for its beauty. The name appears in Numbers, Joshua, 1 Kings and 2 more in the King James text.
About Tirzah
Tirzah was a city in the hill country that served as an early capital of the northern kingdom. It was known for its beauty.
Its place in the story
Tirzah was a royal seat of several early kings of Israel before Omri built Samaria and moved the capital there. It appears in the accounts of the northern kingdom's turbulent early reigns.
Tirzah in Scripture (KJV)
“And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.”
“Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.”
“But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.”
Tirzah was a city in the hill country that served as an early capital of the northern kingdom. It was known for its beauty. The name appears in Numbers, Joshua, 1 Kings and 2 more in the King James text.
What happened at Tirzah?
Tirzah was a royal seat of several early kings of Israel before Omri built Samaria and moved the capital there. It appears in the accounts of the northern kingdom's turbulent early reigns.