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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Tirzah canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ