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Valley of Sorek

Valleyaka valley of Sorek

Choice vine, the name of a valley, i.e., a torrent-bed, now the Wady Surar, “valley of the fertile spot,” which drains the western Judean hills, and flowing by Makkedah and Jabneel, falls into the sea some eight miles south of Joppa. This was the home of Deliah, whom Samson loved (Judg. 16:4).

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Key verses

Judges 16:4
It came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.