Eshtaol
Sign in to saveEshtaol () is a moshav in central Israel, and a biblical location mentioned in the Books of Joshua and Judges and in the first Book of Chronicles. Located north of the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In , it had a population of .
Key facts
- Israel village.settlement_type
- Moshav
- Israel village.name
- Eshtaol
- Israel village.hebname
- אשתאול
- Israel village.image
- EshtaolFeb282022.jpg
- Israel village.founded
- 8000 BCE (Earliest settlement)1200 BCE (Israelite settlement)1600s or earlier (Arab village)1949 (Israeli moshav)
- Israel village.district
- jerusalem
- Israel village.council
- Mateh Yehuda
- Israel village.affiliation
- Kibbutz Movement
- Israel village.pushpin_map
- Israel jerusalem#Israel
- Israel village.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Israel village.website
- www.eshtaol.org.il
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- Hebrew Bible
- History and archaeology
- Neolithic settlement
- Modern Eshtaol
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Eshtaol () is a moshav in central Israel, and a biblical location mentioned in the Books of Joshua and Judges and in the first Book of Chronicles. Located north of the city of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In , it had a population of .
==Hebrew Bible== was in the territory allotted to the Tribe of Dan (), and located on the border of the tribe of Judah. Although listed in as being a city in the plain, it is actually partly in the hill country, partly in the plain. According to the biblical narrative, Samson began to be agitated by the Spirit of God in the locality of Mahaneh Dan (the camp of Dan), the district "between Zorah and " (). After his death in Gaza, Samson's body was brought back for burial in the tomb of his father Manoah between and Zorah (). Five scouts from and Zorah were sent out to find a land suitable for the tribe of Dan. ().