Tirzah (Tell el-Farah North)

Tirzah/Tell el-Far'ah (North)
תרצה/תל אל-פארעה
	Shown within State of Palestine
Location	Nablus Governorate, Palestinian Territories
Coordinates	32°17′15″N 35°20′16″E / 32.287387°N 35.337803°E
Area	180 dunam; 0.18 km²
History
Periods	Bronze Age, Iron Age

Tirzah (Hebrew: תִּרְצָה) was an ancient town in the Samarian highlands northeast of Shechem; it is generally identified with the site of Tell el-Far'ah (North), northeast of modern city of Nablus, West Bank,^[1]^[2] in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian village of Wadi al-Far'a.

^ Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Amsterdam University Press. 31 December 2000. pp. 1314–1315. ISBN 978-90-5356-503-2.
^ Marvin Alan Sweeney (September 2007). I & II Kings: a commentary. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-664-22084-6.

[Eerdmans-1] Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Amsterdam University Press. 31 December 2000. pp. 1314–1315. ISBN 978-90-5356-503-2.

[Sweeney2007-2] Marvin Alan Sweeney (September 2007). I & II Kings: a commentary. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-664-22084-6.

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Tirzah (Tell el-Farah North)

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