The Nahal Sorek, also Soreq, is a river in the West Bank and Israel. It rises south of Ramallah in the Judean Hills, flows westwards into the coastal plain, and empties into the Mediterranean at Palma
Nahal Sorek panoramio
View up the Valley of Sorek from Tur Shimon
Overview of the point where the valleys of Rephaim (left) and Sorek (right) converge
The 13th-century Yibna Bridge, seen from the dry bed of the Sorek
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Nahal Sorek
…flows westwards into the coastal plain, and empties into the Mediterranean at Palmachim. Its valley is mentioned in the Book of Judges as the home of Delilah. The Hebrew name Nahal Sorek means "wadi of choice vines". The river is known in Arabic by a variety of names, including (in its upper reaches) Wadi…
Delilah (c. 1896) by Gustave Moreau
Delilah from the Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum
Max Liebermann's Samson and Delilah (1902)
Josef Worlicek's Samson and Delilah (1844)