Tirzah

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Tirzah was an ancient city in the northern Kingdom of Israel that served as an early royal residence and political center before the capital moved to Samaria.

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Label Occurrences
Tirzah canonical 7

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
approximateLocation modern West Bank
linked to: West Bank
associatedWith early monarchy of Israel
capitalFunction administrative center
residential center for kings
capitalMovedTo Samaria
capitalOf Northern Kingdom of Israel
country ancient Israel
linked to: Ancient Israel
describedAs beautiful city
pleasant city
earliestAttestation biblical text
followedBy Samaria
governanceType monarchy
governedBy kings of Israel
linked to: King of Israel
hasNameInHebrew תִּרְצָה
linked to: Desire
hasRoleIn biblical geography
history of ancient Israel
historicalPhase early capital of Northern Kingdom of Israel
languageOfName Hebrew
locatedIn Kingdom of Israel
Northern Kingdom of Israel
mentionedIn Book of Joshua
Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings

Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
linked to: Bible
partOf ancient Levant
politicalStatus royal city
possiblyIdentifiedWith Tell el-Far'ah (North)
precededBy Shechem
region Samaria region
linked to: Samaria
religion ancient Israelite religion
servedAsCapitalUnder Baasha of Israel
Elah of Israel
Omri of Israel
linked to: Omri

Zimri of Israel
linked to: Zimri
status ruined city
timePeriod Iron Age
usedAs political center
royal residence

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jeroboam I capital Tirzah
House of Jeroboam capital Tirzah
House of Baasha capital Tirzah
Shomron replaced Tirzah
Zimri capital Tirzah
Zimri placeOfDeath Tirzah