Taralah
“Reeling; Staggering”
Summary
Taralah was a town in the territory allotted to the tribe of Benjamin.
☩Biblical Reference
Taralah is mentioned only once in Scripture, in Joshua 18:27, as one of the fourteen cities in the western section of Benjamin's allotment. It appears in a list between Irpeel and Zelah. The town was part of the larger allocation given to Benjamin when Joshua divided the Promised Land among the tribes.
☩Location
The exact location of Taralah is unknown and was already lost by the time of Eusebius and Jerome in the fourth century AD. Various suggestions have been made: Schwarz proposed it might be the village Neby Daniyal south of Lod, though the territory of Benjamin did not extend so far west. Another possibility is Beit-Tirza in Wady Ahmed north of Beit-Jala, though this identification remains uncertain.
Related Verses1 mention
Joshua· 1 verse
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Taralah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. X (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Taralah," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.George Morrish, "Taralah," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
- 4.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Taralah," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).