Tirzah (ancient city)

Tirzah was a town in the Samarian highlands NE of Shechem; it is generally identified with Tell el-Far'ah (North), NE of modern Nablus, in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian village of Wadi al-Far'a and the Far'a refugee camp. It is located in a valley named Wadi Far'a in Arabic and Tirzah Valley or Nahal Tirza in Hebrew.