Eshtaol: Narrow pass or recess, a town
(Joshua 15:33) in the low country, the
She-phelah of Judah. It was allotted to the tribe of Dan
(Joshua 19:41)
and was one of their strongholds. Here Samson spent his boyhood, and
first began to show his mighty strength; and here he was buried in
the burying-place of Manoah his father
(Judges 13:25; 16:31; 18:2,8,11,12)
It is identified with the modern Yeshua, on a hill 2 miles east
of Zorah. Others, however, identify it with Kustul, east of
Kirjath-jearim.
