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Eshtaol in the Bible.

Eshtaol is a town in the Bible, about 24 km (15 miles) west of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 8 verses, from Joshua 15:33 to 1 Chronicles 2:53.

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What happened at Eshtaol.

Narrow pass or recess, a town (Josh. 15:33) in the low country, the She-phelah of Judah. It was allotted to the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:41), and was one of their strongholds. Here Samson spent his boyhood, and first began to show his mighty strength; and here he was buried in the burying-place of Manoah his father (Judg. 13:25; 16:31; 18:2, 8, 11, 12). It is identified with the modern Yeshua, on a hill 2 miles east of Zorah. Others, however, identify it with Kustul, east of Kirjath-jearim.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Eshtaol.

Dan 1Ephraim 1Manoah 1Micah 1

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All 8 verses that name Eshtaol.

Joshua 2

  • Joshua 15:33And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
  • Joshua 19:41And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,

Judges 5

  • Judges 13:25And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
  • Judges 16:31Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
  • Judges 18:2And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
  • Judges 18:8And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
  • Judges 18:11And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

1 Chronicles 1

  • 1 Chronicles 2:53And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

Questions about Eshtaol.

Where is Eshtaol in the Bible?

Eshtaol is a town about 24 km (15 miles) west of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Eshtaol named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Eshtaol in 8 verses, in 3 books, from Joshua 15:33 to 1 Chronicles 2:53.

Which people are named with Eshtaol in the Bible?

The verses that name Eshtaol also name Dan, Ephraim, Manoah and Micah.

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