Tirza
    pleasantness. (1.) An old royal city of the Canaanites, which
    was destroyed by Joshua (Josh. 12:24). Jeroboam chose it for his
    residence, and he removed to it from Shechem, which at first he
    made the capital of his kingdom. It remained the chief residence
    of the kings of Israel till Omri took Samaria (1 Kings 14:17;
    15:21; 16:6, 8, etc.). Here Zimri perished amid the flames of
    the palace to which in his despair he had set fire (1 Kings
    16:18), and here Menahem smote Shallum (2 Kings 15:14, 16).
    Solomon refers to its beauty (Cant. 6:4). It has been identified
    with the modern mud hamlet Teiasir, 11 miles north of Shechem.
    Others, however, would identify it with Telluza, a village about
    6 miles east of Samaria.
      (2.) The youngest of Zelophehad's five daughters (Num. 26:33;
    Josh. 17:3).