Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
an ancient Canaanite city, whose king is enumerated among those overthrown in the conquest of the country. (Joshua 12:24) It reappears as a royal city, the residence of Jeroboam and of his successors, (1 Kings 14:17,18) and as the seat of the conspiracy of Menahem ben-Gaddi against the wretched Shallum. (2 Kings 15:16) Its reputation for beauty throughout the country must have been widespread. It is in this sense that it is spoken of in the Song
of Solomon. Eusebius mentions it in connection with Menahem, and identifies it with a “village of Samaritans in Batanea.” Its site is Telluzah, a place in the mountains north of Nablus . (delight), youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Joshua 17:3) (B.C. 1450.)
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
TIR'ZAH (charm), the youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad. Num 26:33; Deut 27:1; Isa 36:11; Josh 17:3.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
TIR'ZAH (delight), one of the thirty-one cities of the Canaanites taken by Joshua, Josh 12:24, and for fifty years the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, until Omri built Samaria. 1 Kgs 14:17; 1 Kgs 16:21, 1 Kgs 16:33; 1 Kgs 16:6, 1 Kgs 16:23. It is also mentioned in the reign of Menahem, b.c. 772, 2 Kgs 15:14, 2 Kgs 15:16, and its fame for beauty appears from Song 6:4. Tirzah has been usually identified with Telluzah, situated on a hill
2 miles north-east of Mount Ebal, 5 miles east of Samaria, and 30 miles north of Jerusalem. The village occupies a fine elevation in the midst of immense olive-groves. Wilson and Conder, however, dispute this identification, and favor instead that at Teidair, an important and ancient site, standing in the midst of a well-wooded country on the main road from Nablus (Shechem) to Beisan (Beth-shean), and 12 miles east of Samaria. There are numerous
ancient sepulchres and caves north of the village, which may perhaps include the tombs of the first four kings of Israel, buried at Tirzah. 1 Kgs 16:6.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
benevolent; complaisant; pleasing