City in the west of Judah, but reckoned to Dan, on the Philistine frontier: it was the birth-place of Samson, and he was buried in its neighbourhood. Joshua 15:33; Joshua 19:41; Judges 13:2,25; Judges 16:31; Judges 18:2,8,11; 2 Chronicles 11:10; Nehemiah 11:29 . Identified with Surah, 31 47' N, 34 59' E .